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Activists break into Lumads’ forum, trigger a noisy scuffle

by abner Galino

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noisy scuffle broke out among a group of Filipino American activists, security personnel and supporters of a group of Indigenous people from the Philippines during a forum at the Community Hall of the Philippine Consulate General (PCG) in Los Angeles last Monday (July 15).

Videos of the incident that went viral on social media showed young persons verbally confronting a panel of indigenous people from the Philippines, particularly from the southern main island of Mindanao, as they were talking about alleged atrocities committed against members of their communities by cadres of the New People’s Army (NPA).

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Mayor Isko a ‘total rockstar’ – US envoy

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso is a “total rock star,” according to US Ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim when the two met at the envoy’s office on Friday.

The US ambassador commended Moreno for the “new dynamism

Moreno and energies you bring to your position.”

Domagoso told Kim of his plans for Manila the core values that have influenced his mindset and leadership style on a daily basis.

The two also talked about the national government’s campaign against the war on drugs

and how Domagoso supported and implemented it while reminding authorities to respect human rights.

“We appreciate your approach. You’re dealing with it in a manner that is consistent with human rights and the rule of law,” he said.

A mb a s s ador K i m a lso told Domagoso how “proud” the US was for having sponsored him for the International Visitors Leadership Program in 2011.

“We are proud of you being an alumnus. We have a good success in identifying future leaders,” he said.

Also present in the me et i ng were Josh Morris, Internal Political chief of the embassy and Cesar Chavez, Domagoso’s chief of staff.

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Filipino star singer Jed Madela (sitting 3rd from left) poses with the delegates of the philippine team to the 2019 World championships of the performing arts (Wcopa). photo by bobby crisosToMo

JaMes Calacsan, who won a gold medal for the United States team last year in the vocal solo category, rendered a powerful version of the popular song “The Prayer” that stunned the crowd and delegates at the opening night of the 23rd World Championships of the Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Long Beach.

As this happened, t he 10 6 -memb er Ph i l ippi ne te a m dwarfed all other delegations from about 60 countries.

Gerry Mercado, WCOPA-Philippines national director, was very optimistic when interviewed be-

fore the parade last Saturday (July 13).

According to him, around 3,000 talents auditioned for inclusion to the Philippine team.

“That’s a lot of talents. And we can only thank SM (Shoe Mart) for providing

the venues for these auditions,” Mercado narrated.

Auditions were held in many SM locations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Mercado also said that as usual, most of those who made it to 83-YEAR-OLD

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la Metro employees cheerfully pose around the pilipino Workers center’s (pWc) 1940 sarao Jeepney a.k.a Jeep ng bayan while it is parked in front of the iconic los angeles Union station. The popular ride in the historic Filipinotown is participating in a fiesta organized by the Metro Filipino american Group. photo and text by aris dUenas

Filipino rapper andrew e. obliges to a fan’s request for a “selfie” in front of the house of Filipino boxing icon and senator Manny pacquiao in hancock park, los angeles. andrew e is among the many people who gathered in front of the boxing champion’s house as the latter’s team prepares to depart for las Vegas to fight american champion Keith Thurman last weekend. photo by KaTie orTiZ

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Activists break into Lumads’ forum, trigger a noisy scuffle

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In reaction, some guests and personnel of the PCG-LA stood up in defense of the Filipino indigenous leaders and surrounded the activists.

The activists were asked to leave and, subsequently, dragged out of the community hall.

A couple of the activists were seen voluntarily walking out, apparently after taking videos of the incident.

Members of the Los Angeles Police District (LAPD) were present during the incident and prevented things from getting out of hand.

The forum resumed shortly after the last of the activists have been ejected from the community hall.

The incident happened at about 7 pm at 3435 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles.

The Town Hall meeting was titled:“Breaking the Silence: Telling the Truth. The Narrative of Struggle, Deception and Assertion of the Indigenous People of the Philippines.”

The eight forum speakers were from the Mindanao Indigenous Peoples (IP) Youth Council and Mindanao Indigenous People Council of Elders as speakers.

They were accompanied by members of the Presidential Communications Operations Office PCOO), National Security Council (NSC) and theNational Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA).

The indigenous people leaders came from Mindanao, a main island in the southern Philippines besieged by communist and Muslim separatist insurgency.

In an earlier press statement, the Philippine government said the IP leaders were in the US to present their case to the United Nations (UN) and to meet with Filipino-American communities.

The IP leaders, the RP government said, were here to invoke the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that was adopted on September 13, 2007, by 144 of UN member states. It aims to protect the human rights of some 370 million native people around the world, including their lands and resources.

The Malaya Movement in Southern California, a coalition of human rights advocates, issued the following statement: “We condemn the mistreatment of advocates who attempted to counter the terrorist-tagging intended to endanger our safety and to counter the Duterte regime’s lies to legitimize the slaughter of Lumad communities. We condemn the delegation and the tour organizers for spreading deadly lies on behalf of the Duterte dictatorship.”

“Once again, it should alarm all in the United States that the Duterte government is beginning to target Filipino activists residing abroad. It’s unfathomably immoral, yet unsurprising, that Duterte’s office has paid a sham delegation of supposed Lumad leaders to paint this government a hero of the very Lumad communities it has repeatedly bombed, executed, and displaced with gusto.”

“Of course, the delegation made no mention of the human rights crimes the Philippine government continues to inflict on the Filipino people or the fact that the UN just passed a resolution to investigate those crimes. By promoting the Duterte regime’s lies, this tour and all who are aiding it are aiding in the murders of indigenous people like Obello Bay-ao, Datu Mario Agsab, and Beverly Geronimo. They are aiding in a dictatorship’s murders of human rights defenders and dissenters, at least 216 of whom have been assassinated as the result of the government’s baseless accusations of terrorism.”

“The Malaya Movement repeats its call to END MARTIAL LAW IN MINDANAO. Malaya’s rapid growth throughout several U.S. cities is the direct result of increasing unity among Filipinos of varying politics.

We are calling on all freedom-loving Filipinos to join us on July 22 for the United People’s State of the Nation Address in front of consulate offices across the U.S.”

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Mutya PilipinasCalifornia president and manager Camille Agbayani poses with fellow birthday celebrants Nina Ancheta (2018 L’Aura Wellness queen and ace photographer Bobby Crisostomo (a regular contributor to Weekend Balita/ US Asian Post.

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Sick of gerrymandering?

Burn permits suspension Join CA’s redistricting commission panel I

By Mark Hedin Ethnic Media Services

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n an ongoing effort to prevent wildfires, all burn permits in Los Angeles County will be suspended.

alifornia is looking for new commissioners to draw its redistricting maps: the maps that define who votes for California’s representatives in Congress, its state Senate, Assembly and Board of Equalization members.

The deadline is coming up fast to apply for the job, which pays up to $300 per day.

The initial application form takes five minutes to fill out. It’s due by Aug. 9 for the first round of the application process. Find it here: shapecaliforniasfuture.auditor.ca.gov.

“This is your chance to shape California’s future by drawing fair district boundaries that serve the best interests of all of the people of California,” said Kathay Feng, national redistricting director for Common Cause, the nonprofit that led the way in creating the commission, the nation’s first, in 2009.

“It’s so important. Teachers, small business people, demographers, people who have served in a local planning commission,” Feng said, would all be good candidates for the work, most of which will be done in the first half of 2021.

The $300 per diem pay is for any six or more hours spent in a 24-hour period doing the panel’s work.

Applications opened in June, but so far, the pool of applicants does not reflect California’s diversity, according to both Feng and Stan Forbes, the current commission chairman. Two-thirds of the applicants have been white and two-thirds have been male.

“That is not California,” Forbes said.

“We know from last time that the reasons the commission was so good was there was good diversity in the applicant pool,” Feng said.

“Our hope is that between now and Aug. 9, people will take a look at the application and put their hats in the ring.”

Serving on the commission,” Forbes noted, “is one of the most rewarding things someone could possibly do. It’s taking power away from the politicians and giving it back to the people. When’s the last time the public had an impact?”

The work will begin in earnest in early 2021, once the data collected in the 2020 census is in.

The commission will take the total number of people in the state who were counted in the census, and try to divide them equally and fairly into the number of congressional seats California has – currently 53, but subject to change according to census data showing geographic shifts in population dispersal nationwide.

The 435 seats in the House of Representatives are divided evenly among the states according to their population.

Current projections are that the state may lose one or two congressional seats once the census has retabulated the number of people in the country based on the data it will gather in 2020.

The commission will also create 40 districts for the state’s 40 state senators, 80 state Assembly districts and four Board of Equalization districts.

The Board of Equalization is the state agency tasked with tax administration and fee collection and handles appeals of decisions made by the state Franchise Tax Board.

The proposed new maps will be submitted to the secretary of state for certification by the end of July 2021, a process Forbes described as a “pro-forma” review to ensure they meet legal criteria.

The reason it’s important for all California communities to be represented on the redistricting commission is to

ensure that the unique concerns of every community are heard.

“We all have different issues,” Forbes said.

For instance, during one of dozens of community meetings held up and down the state in the first commission’s work in 2011, the people of Marysville, in Yuba County, told the commission that they needed better political representation. They were stuck in the same congressional district as the agriculturally focused Central Valley, and felt their very different political concerns — about fire prevention, watershed protections and recreational activities were being ignored.

So, Forbes said, “We drew a district that represents the foothills.”

Similarly, the commission adjusted plans to create a district in Napa Valley, known worldwide for its wine industry, to include its warehouses, and, along the Interstate-710 corridor near Long Beach, created a district that linked the shared interests of a populace impacted by the diesel pollution emanating from port operations there.

Similar considerations were made to not dilute the voice of other communities of interest, Forbes said, such as Koreans in Hollywood, South Asians in Fremont, Vietnamese in Orange County and the gay community in San Jose.

Ethnicity factors into redistricting considerations in other ways, too. Per the Voting Rights Act, Forbes said, the redistricting process can’t pack all people of a group into one district, or distribute them thinly across so many districts that their voices are drowned out.

California’s Citizen Redistricting Committee is the nation’s fi rst, but there are efforts under way in smaller California jurisdictions and in states across the country to create similar bulwarks against the abuses of gerrymandering.

In California, the cities of Long Beach, Santa Barbara and San Mateo all passed laws to create a citizen commission, Feng said, and encouraged people to participate.

In other locales in California, the debate is ongoing about how to fairly divide smaller communities into political districts, for instance, for city council elections. Farther afield, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, now chair of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, recently was critical of the Supreme Court’s decision in Rucho v. Common Cause not to intervene in state redistricting programs, no matter how partisan they may be.

Until California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission was created, thanks to two initiatives voters approved in 2008 and 2010, the redistricting process in California, Forbes said, was designed to protect incumbent politicians.

So, between 2000 and 2010, there were 265 elections in California for a seat in the House of Representatives, but only once was an incumbent voted out (Richard Pombo, who represented parts of the San Joaquin Valley from 1993 until he was replaced in 2006 by Democrat Jerry McNerny and became a lobbyist for mining and water management interests).

But in 2018 alone, seven congressional seats were flipped, although not by wide margins.

Another positive development in California toward getting communities

fairly represented in census data and all that flows from it, Forbes said, is that prisoner s w i l l no longer be considered residents of the communities, typically rural, in which they’re incarcerated, but instead will be linked to their hometowns. “ We ’r e t h e gold standard,” Forbes said.

In his travels across the country, in connection with Common Cause and the League of Women Voters, for discussions in other states of similar redistricting reform efforts, “progressives and moderates are in awe of California.”

At an event recently, he said, former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted to have his picture taken with ME.”

As of July 2, 2019, the Los Angeles County Fire Department has stopped issuing burn permits due to increased fire activity throughout Southern California.

During this critical time, the Fire Department urges all residents to do their part to be safe by having an emergency plan in place in case a fire threatens their home or family.

For more information, visit Ready! Set! Go! at Fire.

LACounty.gov/rsg/.

Nearly 95 percent of all wildland fires within the Fire Department’s jurisdiction are human-caused.

Here are some tips residents can follow to prevent fires: • Defensible space clearing, such as mowing before 10 a.m. and never on a hot and windy day.

• Do not toss cigarettes out of your car window.

• Do not pull your vehicle off the road into dry grass or brush. Hot exhaust pipes and mufflers can ignite fires that cannot be seen easily by the driver.

• In wildland areas, spark arrestors are required on all portable gasoline-powered equipment (e.g., tractors, chainsaws, weed-whackers, mowers, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles).

• Report any suspicious activity.

• Check with local officials for additional fire restrictions.

• Campfires within organized campgrounds or on private property are allowed as long as they are in a designated campfire site that prevents fire from spreading.

In accordance with Section 4423.2 of the Public Resources Code, the Fire Department may issue restricted temporary burn permits if there is an essential reason due to public health and safety.

Agriculture, land management, fire training, and other industrial type burning may proceed if a Fire Department official inspects the burn site and issues a special permit.

For additional fire safety tips, please visit ReadyForWildfire.org or the Fire Department website at Fire.

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was very new in California when I first saw them. People wandering in the streets with grocery carts full of their belongings. Homeless people.

It is a shocking sight, especially in a first world country.

They call it the streets of shame. Homeless people in LA, living in tents and the government has their hands full.

America is cringing from shame.

Back home in the Philippines we have our version of this.

It could be worse, if not for the merciful heart of Filipinos, who would open their homes to family and friends, who can end up in the streets. To Filipinos, not showing mercy to family or friend is the real shame.

In our culture, “hiya” or shame is something we avoid at all cost. We do not like to cause it to others (manghiya) or to ourselves (mapahiya). There is nothing worse than to be told, you’re shameful (nakakahiya ka). We value

Community good reputation and saving face.

This is the reason I always hear from our Filipino car accident clients. They don’t want to be thought of as taking advantage of their accident to make money. “Nakakahiya” (embarrassing).

The Filipino’s sense of shame is so deeply ingrained, that most of our values revolve around it. We raise our children and conduct our lives, to bring honor and not shame to our families.

But shame is a thing of the past. This generation has replaced it with their own virtue called “no filter”. It is all under the guise of honesty and authenticity.

I cringe when I read people post about family conflicts and work complaints. We bare our souls, as if Facebook will answer our prayers and provide the answer. Facebook has become the god of this culture. We “lift up” to Facebook all our dreams and even our hurts.

No filter. It is the new normal. A cool attitude.

People now believe that when they don’t put their thoughts through the sieve of reflection, they are being “authentic”.

No filter. It seems to be the license to post nastiness these days because it means “real”.

Why do people filter their photos on social media and not learn how to filter their thoughts?

This no filter mentality eroded our sense of decency and has slowly eaten our shame. It has also permeated other areas of our lives.

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So how do we avoid the “streets of shame”?

In all and every decision I made, I always asked myself: Will this make my mother proud of me?

Will it be good for my children?

These two questions kept me out of a lot of stupid decisions.

These days, I’ve been teaching my kids to be counter cultural. I tell my kids, who are rebels at heart, that in a world where bitchiness seems to be the new aspiration, it is cool to be nice.

I’m teaching them good old-fashioned values.

Mabuting asal.

I tell them to walk away from useless confrontations. I’ve always believed that we regret more the things we say than the things we did not.

I tell them that being magnanimous may not be the value that will get all the thumbs up from the “god of Facebook”, but it is the noble thing to do.

Life is just a series of choices. Our decisions are signatures of our lives.

Sense of shame can be good or bad. But it can be used as a sieve to filter our choices or used as a yardstick of decency.

There is nothing I can do for the homeless, but I can prevent my family from walking in the streets of shame.

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Playground for children with L.A. county property values all abilities in Carson City grow $1.6T all-time high

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he Carson City Council unanimously approved recently the design, build, construction and installation of playground equipment for children with all abilities.

The design concept approved by Council will provide various stimulating structures that appeal to a wider range of users of differing ages and abilities. The design concept allows for the integration of children with varying physical, cognitive, and social-emotional abilities and encouraging assimilation.

“I hope that this project will encourage all children, regardless of their abilities, to spend quality time at this park as the equipment is designed to unite children of all abilities. The City does not presently have a playground with equipment that children with differing disabilities can access and enjoy. This project is possible thanks to Marathon Petroleum Corporation, the $1.25 million grant received from them will fill this gap in our park amenities,” said Carson Mayor Albert Robles.

“We are proud to have partnered with

the City on this initiative and for the opportunity to help make this community a more inclusive place to live, work, and play,” said Stephen Konig, Director of Government and Public Affairs, West Region at Marathon Petroleum Corporation.

In its July 18th meeting, the City Council committed to further its efforts towards inclusion by adopting a proclamation commemorating the 29th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) which was established on July 26, 1990. “The City of Carson honors and respects the ADA as its values align with the City’s long-standing culture of diversity and inclusion, and this park equipment is just the latest example,” continued Mayor Robles.

Construction of the playground is expected to be completed by April 2020.

The playground equipment will consist of swing and ground level play structures.

For more information about the features of this playground, please call City of Carson Recreation and Human Services at (310) 847-3570.

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os Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang has certified the 2019 Assessment Roll which represents record growth and new all-time highs in real estate and business property values across the County. New records also include total tax savings for homeowners and charitable organizations.

The roll grew by a record $94.41 billion (or 6.25%) over the prior year to an all-time high of $1.604 trillion in total net value. In addition to the values of the County’s 2.38 million real estate parcels, this total amount includes $84.8 billion in business property (e.g. boats, aircraft, machinery, equipment), which rose by $3.9 billion from 2018 and is itself a new record.

“The strong growth in the local real estate market for the ninth consecutive year will have a positive impact on services for LA County’s 10 million residents,”said Assessor Prang.

“From education, healthcare, and mental health services, to public safety, transportation, and alleviating the homeless crisis, our schools, cities, and county programs will have approximately an additional $1 billion for vital local public services.”

Leading indicators for the growth in the local property assessment roll are: a) property sales, which added $48.34 billion to the roll as compared to 2018; b) the CPI adjustment prescribed by Proposition 13, which added another $28.74 billion; and c) new construction, which added a further $11.09 billion.

Among the greatest single additions to the roll are $1.95 billion for partially-complete construction of the Rams/ Chargers stadium in Inglewood and $200 million for the Banc of California stadium in the City of Los Angeles.

The 6.25% overall growth reflects a county average, as there is substantial variation from one community to another. For instance, the total value of all assessments in Inglewood rose by 25.7% due in large part to the new NFL stadium, whereas communities without comparable construction or sales activity saw significantly lower growth rates.

Assessor Prang reminded residents that the average growth does not mean property owners will be subject to a corresponding increase on their annual property tax bills. Nearly 9 out of 10 property owners will see only the modest 2% adjustment prescribed by Proposition 13.

Among the benchmarks set by the 2019 roll is the total amount of $620 million in tax savings for seniors, veterans, and charitable organizations. Additionally, to date, the owners of 1,328 properties that were severely damaged or destroyed by the Woolsey fire have received tax relief totaling $684.8 million in property value, allowing them to rebuild their homes and their lives.

The 2019 Assessment Roll comprises 2.57 million real estate parcels and business assessments, including 1,878,470 single-family homes, 249,972 apartment complexes, 248,109 commercial and industrial properties, and more than 200,000 business property assessments. Below are additional highlights from the 2019 Assessment Roll: Cities with the greatest percentage growth: 1. Inglewood: 25.7% 2. Vernon: 13.2% 3. West Hollywood: 11.6% 4. Santa Fe Springs: 9.3% Cities with the greatest amount of growth: 1. Los Angeles: $41.7 billion 2. Long Beach: $3.1 billion 3. Santa Clarita: $2.5 billion 4. Inglewood: $2.4 billion Cities with the highest total assessed values: 1. Los Angeles: $652.9 billion 2. Long Beach: $60.2 billion 3. Santa Monica: $39.5 billion 4. Beverly Hills: $36.6 billion A listing of assessments and parcel counts by city can be found at assessor. lacounty.gov/news.

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One small step for (a) man, One giant leap for mankind

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n Sunday, July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the moon. Commander Neil Armstrong’s first words were, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” Six-and-a-half hours later, setting foot on the moon, he said, “That’s one small step for [a] man. One giant leap for mankind.”

Mission Objective The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.

Additional flight objectives included scientific exploration by the lunar module, or LM, crew; deployment of a television camera to transmit signals to Earth; and deployment of a solar wind composition experiment, seismic experiment package and a Laser Ranging Retroreflector. During the exploration, the two astronauts were to gather samples of lunar-surface materials for return to Earth. They also were to extensively photograph the lunar terrain, the deployed scientific equipment, the LM spacecraft, and each other, both with still and motion picture cameras.

This was to be the last Apollo mission to fly a "free-return" trajectory, which would enable a return to Earth with no engine firing, providing a ready abort of the mission at any time prior to lunar orbit insertion.

Mission Highlights Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. An estimated 650 million people watched Armstrong's televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "... one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969.

Two hours, 44 minutes and one-and-ahalf revolutions after launch, the S-IVB stage reignited for a second burn of five minutes, 48 seconds, placing Apollo 11 into a translunar orbit. The command and service module, or CSM, Columbia separated from the stage, which included the spacecraft-lunar module adapter, or SLA, containing the lunar module, or LM, Eagle. After transposition and jettisoning of the SLA panels on the S-IVB stage, the CSM docked with the LM. The S-IVB stage separated and injected into heliocentric orbit four hours, 40 minutes into the flight.

The first color TV transmission to Earth from Apollo 11 occurred during the translunar coast of the CSM/LM. Later, on July 17, a three-second burn of the SPS was made to perform the second of four scheduled midcourse corrections programmed for the flight. The launch had been so successful that the other three were not needed.

On July 18, Armstrong and Aldrin put on their spacesuits and climbed through the docking tunnel from Columbia to Eagle to check out the LM, and to make the second TV transmission.

On July 19, after Apollo 11 had flown behind the moon out of contact with Earth, came the first lunar orbit insertion maneuver. At about 75 hours, 50 minutes into the flight, a retrograde firing of the SPS for 357.5 seconds placed the spacecraft into an initial, elliptical-lunar orbit of 69 by 190 miles. Later, a second burn of the SPS for 17 seconds placed the docked

vehicles into a lunar orbit of 62 by 70.5 miles, which was calculated to change the orbit of the CSM piloted by Collins. The change happened because of lunar-gravity perturbations to the nominal 69 miles required for subsequent LM rendezvous and docking after completion of the lunar landing. Before this second SPS firing, another TV transmission was made, this time from the surface of the moon.

On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin entered the LM again, made a final check, and at 100 hours, 12 minutes into the flight, the Eagle undocked and separated from Columbia for visual inspection.

At 101 hours, 36 minutes, when the LM was behind the moon on its 13th orbit, the LM descent engine fired for 30 seconds to provide retrograde thrust and commence descent orbit insertion, changing to an orbit of 9 by 67 miles, on a trajectory that was virtually identical to that flown

by Apollo 10. At 102 hours, 33 minutes, after Columbia and Eagle had reappeared from behind the moon and when the LM was about 300 miles uprange, powered descent initiation was performed with the descent engine firing for 756.3 seconds.

After eight minutes, the LM was at "high gate" about 26,000 feet above the surface and about five miles from the landing site.

The descent engine continued to provide braking thrust until about 102 hours, 45 minutes into the mission. Partially piloted manually by Armstrong, the Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquility in Site 2 at 0 degrees, 41 minutes, 15 seconds north latitude and 23 degrees, 26 minutes east longitude. This was about four miles downrange from the predicted touchdown point and occurred almost one-and-ahalf minutes earlier than scheduled. It included a powered descent that ran a mere nominal 40 seconds longer than preflight planning due to translation maneuvers to avoid a crater during the final phase of landing. Attached to the descent stage was a commemorative plaque signed by President Richard M. Nixon and the three astronauts.

The flight plan called for the first EVA to begin after a four-hour rest period, but it was advanced to begin as soon as possible. Nonetheless, it was almost four hours later that Armstrong emerged from the Eagle and deployed the TV camera for the transmission of the event to Earth. At about 109 hours, 42 minutes after launch, Armstrong stepped onto the moon. About 20 minutes later, Aldrin followed him.

The camera was then positioned on a tripod about 30 feet from the LM. Half an hour later, President Nixon spoke by telephone link with the astronauts.

Commemorative medallions bearing the names of the three Apollo 1 astronauts who lost their lives in a launch pad fire, and two cosmonauts who also died in accidents, were left on the moon's surface.

A one-and-a-half inch silicon disk, containing micro miniaturized goodwill messages from 73 countries, and the names of congressional and NASA leaders, also stayed behind.

During the EVA, in which they both ranged up to 300 feet from the Eagle,

Pinoy team... FROM PAGE 1 the Philippine team has never been out of the country and has not competed in international competitions.

“But they are really good in whatever talent category that they are competing for.

Para silang dumaan sa butas ng karayom.

Salang sala ang mga iyan,” Mercado stressed.

As of presstime, four Filipino competitors has made it to the finals of the Junior Division, while three others made it to the finals of the Senior Division. Among the finalists was a dance group called COALIXION. In 2016, the Philippine team won the grand championship title through the dance group Junior New System. The same group that made it to the finals of Asia’s Got Talent.

This year’s finalists include: Princess Julianne Gomez (vocal-junior), John Raige Bautista Borja (vocal-junior), April Abegail Bagnes Chiu (modeling-junior), Jasmine Heart Genetiano Domingo (modeling-junior), John Davis Paat (vocal-senior) and Ray Froilan Camacho (modeling-senior).

Last year, WCOPA Team Philippines brought home 55 gold medals out of the 286 medals, plaques, and badges that it garnered.

The Philippine contingent arrived on July at the LAX with popular singer Jed Madela, a WCOPA-Philippines regional director.

Madela was WCOPA’s 2005 “grand champion performer of the world.”

Aldrin deployed the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package, or EASEP, experiments, and Armstrong and Aldrin gathered and verbally reported on the lunar surface samples. After Aldrin had spent one hour, 33 minutes on the surface, he re-entered the LM, followed 41 minutes later by Armstrong. The entire EVA phase lasted more than two-and-a-half hours, ending at 111 hours, 39 minutes into the mission.

Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours, 36 minutes on the moon's surface. After a rest period that included seven hours of sleep, the ascent stage engine fired at 124 hours, 22 minutes. It was shut down 435 seconds later when the Eagle reached an initial orbit of 11 by 55 miles above the moon, and when Columbia was on its 25th revolution. As the ascent stage reached apolune at 125 hours, 19 minutes, the reaction control system, or RCS, fired so as to nearly circularize the Eagle orbit at about 56 miles, some 13 miles below and slightly behind Columbia. Subsequent firings of the LM RCS changed the orbit to 57 by 72 miles. Docking with Columbia occurred on the CSM's 27th revolution at 128 hours, three minutes into the mission. Armstrong and Aldrin returned to the CSM with Collins. Four hours later, the LM jettisoned and remained in lunar orbit.

Trans-Earth injection of the CSM began July 21 as the SPS fired for two-and-ahalf minutes when Columbia was behind the moon in its 59th hour of lunar orbit.

Following this, the astronauts slept for about 10 hours. An 11.2 second firing of the SPS accomplished the only midcourse correction required on the return flight.

The correction was made July 22 at about 150 hours, 30 minutes into the mission.

Two more television transmissions were made during the trans-Earth coast.

Re-entry procedures were initiated July 24, 44 hours after leaving lunar orbit.

The SM separated from the CM, which

was re-oriented to a heat-shield-forward position. Parachute deployment occurred at 195 hours, 13 minutes. After a flight of 195 hours, 18 minutes, 35 seconds - about 36 minutes longer than planned - Apollo 11 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, 13 miles from the recovery ship USS Hornet.

Because of bad weather in the target area, the landing point was changed by about 250 miles. Apollo 11 landed 13 degrees, 19 minutes north latitude and 169 degrees, nine minutes west longitude July 24, 1969.

Crew

Neil Armstrong, Commander Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., Lunar Module Pilot Michael Collins, Command Module Pilot Backup Crew James A. Lovell, Commander Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module Pilot William A. Anders, Command Module Pilot

Launch

July 16, 1969; 9:32 a.m. EDT Launch Pad 39A Saturn-V AS-506 High Bay 1 Mobile Launcher Platform-1 Firing Room 1 Orbit Altitude: 118.65 miles Inclination: 32.521 degrees Orbits: 30 revolutions Duration: eight days, three hours, 18 min, 35 seconds Distance: 953,054 miles Lunar Location: Sea of Tranquility Lunar Coordinates: .71 degrees north, 23.63 degrees east Landing July 24, 1969; 12:50 p.m. EDT Pacific Ocean Recovery Ship: USS Hornet Credits: NASA (Distributed by the US Census Bureau)

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No Palace hand in sedition raps vs. Robredo, others —Andanar malaCaÑanG has no hand in the filing of sedition complaint against Vice President Leni Robredo and some members of the political opposition, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said Friday.

Interviewed on GMA News' Unang Balita, Andanar said the filing of the complaint before the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday was the own initiative of the Philippine National Police (PNP).

"Definitely walang kinalaman ang Palasyo diyan, ang executive branch. This is the own decision of the Philippine National Police. Wala k a m i n g k ina l-

aman diyan," he said.

Andanar said President Rodrigo Duterte is too busy fighting corruption to be minding a legal case against the opposition.

"We have so much work to do. Marami pong ginagawa ang Presidente. He is fighting corruption left and right," he said.

Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo also denied that the Palace was behind the sedition charges.

"We have nothing to do with this case. None at all. Absolutely nothing. Otherwise eh di kami na ang nagdemanda diyan noon pa," Panelo said in an interview on ANC television.

On Thursday, the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group filed a sedition complaint against Robredo, several senators and opposition personalities in connection with videos annotated by a certain Bikoy, who linked members of the Duterte family to illegal drugs.

Aside from Robredo, named respondents in the complaint were Senators Leila de Lima and Risa Hontiveros, former senators Bam Aquino and Antonio Trillanes IV, members of the Otso Diretso senatorial slate except Mar Roxas, and several others.

Peter Joemel Advincula, alias "Bikoy," the man who claims to be the hooded figure who made the allegations in the "Ang Totoong Narcolist" videos, was named in the complainant both as a respondent and as a witness.

The police also filed charges for inciting to sedition, cyber libel, estafa, harboring a criminal, and obstruction of justice against a total of 38 respondents, including one alias "Sentrix" and one unnamed person.

Panelo said "it’s about time to know the truth" about the videos.

"We have a system by which you can determine whether or not the complainant is telling the truth or a defendant, so hayaan mo na ‘yon," he said. (GMA News)

Robredo camp decries harassment manila — “Plain and simple harassment” was how the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo described the filing of sedition and other criminal charges against her and several opposition figures – including members of the clergy – by the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), in connection with the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos.

“If this is purely based on the outrageous statement previously given by Mr. Advincula, we can confidently say this is completely baseless and nothing more than plain and simple harassment,” Robredo’s spokesman Barry Gutierrez said yesterday, referring to Peter Joemel Advincula.

Gutierrez said they have yet to receive a copy of the referral of the CIDG submitted to the Department of Justice.

“As soon as we do, we will refer it to the VP’s lawyers for study and appropriate action,” he said.

Advincula had claimed to be “Bikoy,” the hooded figure in the video who tagged the family and close allies of President Duterte as part of a drug syndicate.

He later retracted his allegation and tagged opposition personalities as being behind the videos.

Robredo had denied meeting Advincula, calling him a liar for claiming that they had met at the Ateneo de Manila University to discuss a supposed ouster plot against Duterte.

Aside from Robredo, also reported to be included in the CIDG complaint were senatorial candidates of the opposition in the last elections, except former senator and interior chief Mar Roxas. (Philstar.com)

Robredo had denied meeting Advincula, calling him a liar for claiming that they had met at the Ateneo de Manila University to discuss a supposed ouster plot against Duterte. Russell Palma

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More benefits eyed for single parents in Senate bill neoPhY te Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go wants to provide additional benefits and privileges to some 14 million solo parents to help them ease the burden of raising their children alone.

The senator filed Senate Bill (SB) 206, which aims to amend the Solo Parents’ Welfare Act of 2000. He said duly recognized foster parents would benefit from the proposed measure.

Go deplored that the benefits and privileges granted by the existing law “are not sufficient to provide for the needs of the single parents who are both the breadwinner and the caregiver of the family.” SB 206 grants solo parents additional special discounts in purchases, such as 10 percent from clothes for babies up to 2 years old, 15 percent from baby’s milk and food up to 2 years old, and 15 per-

cent from medicine up to 5 years old.

Children of solo parents will also enjoy 10 percent tuition fee discount from public and private schools from grade one to college and 20 percent discount from school supplies until 21 years old.

Before solo parents could avail themselves of the privileges, however, they must apply for a Solo Parent Identification Card from the Local Social Welfare and Development Office and present the card to the companies and establishments from whom discounted purchases were made.

“I am pushing for this amendment to the existing law to cater to as many solo parents as possible, to help them build a stronger family despite their situation, and to support them as productive members of society,” Go said. (TMT)

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Carpio suggests 'formula' for enforcing arbitral award without going to war manila — Responding to the challenge of President Rodrigo Duterte, Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio enumerated ways to enforce the Philippines' arbitral victory without going to war.

The president has been consistent on his position that the country will not go to war with China over the West Philippine Sea row.

"Xi Jinping (said) there will be trouble. So answer me, justice, give me the formula and I'll do it," Duterte earlier said, referring to Carpio.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Ateneo Law School onSunday, Carpio shared ways on to enforce the arbitral ruling without going to war with China and using only the rule of law.

Agreements with other claimant states Carpio's first two suggestions were entering into sea boundary agreements with Vietnam and Malaysia.

Manila can enter into an agreement with Hanoi on overlapping extended continental shelves beyond the Spratlys Islands and with Kuala Lumpur on the adjoining exclusive economic zones (EEZs) between Borneo and Palawan.

The senior magistrate noted Vietnam had already proposed a sea boundary agreement but the Duterte administration has not acted on it due to fear of offending China.

The Philippines, along with Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei, can also enter into a convention that no geologic feature in the Spratlys generate an EEZ, leaving China the lone claimant claiming EEZ over the area.

"This convention can be open to accession by all coastal states of the world so that their right to freedom

of navigation and overflight in the Spratlys can be governed by this convention," Carpio said. extended Continental Shelf claim According to Carpio, the Philippines can file an extended continental sheld claim in the West Philippine Sea beyond the 200-nautical mile EEZ off the coast of Luzon before the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf.

China is the only opposite coastal state in that area but it cannot invoke historic rights as it had already been ruled out by the arbitral tribunal.

The UN commission will likely grant the extended continental shelf claim of the Philippines, similar with the case of Benham or Philippine Rise.

"This will fortify and enforce, in accordance with the rule of law, the ruling in the arbitral award that in the West Philippine Sea the Philippines has a full 22-nautical mile EEZ, from the outher limits of which the 150-nautical mile extended continental shelf of the Philippines is measured," Carpio said.

Send Coast Guard vessels to eeZ The Philippines should send the coast guard's new multi-role response vessels to patrol the country's EEZ in the West Philippine Sea, The 10 vessels donated by Japan could also be used to drive away poachers from other countries.

This move will also assert the country's soverieng rights over Philippine EEZ in accordance with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. encourage, welcome fonoPs with other countries Aside from welcoming freedom of navigation and overflight operations

(FONOPs) of other countries in the South China Sea, the Philippines could send its own navy to join these operations.

The United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Japan, India and Canada have been conducting naval and aerial operations in the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea. Sending the Philippine Navy to join naval powers' FONOPs in the disputed waterway would also enforce the arbitral award.

The Philippines could also conduct joint FONOPs with Southeast Asian neighbors such as Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei on their respective EEZs facing the South China Sea, Carpio added.

"All these naval and aerial operations, whether conducted by the naval powers or by the ASEAN coastal states, uphold that there are high seas in the South China Sea, and around these high seas are the exclusive economic zones of the adjacent coastal states," Carpio said.

The justice noted that the Duterte administration has been decrying the lack of enforcement mechanism of the UNCLOS but refuses to join naval powers that enforce the ruling.

Support private sector in enforcing arbitral award Carpio's last suggestion was for the Philippine government to support private individuals enforcing the landmark ruling.

Earlier this year, former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, former Ombudsman Conchita Carpio

CARPIO Morales and their counsel Anne Marie Corominas submitted a communication before the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The three of them accused Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Chinese officials of crimes against humanity for the massive destruction of the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea. The Philippines had withdrawn from the Rome Statute that established the ICC but the complaint was filed before the withdrawal took effect.

If the ICC decides that it has jurisdiction over the case, "this will fortify and enforce the arbitral award," Carpio said.

Having said these measures, Carpio reiterated that the threat of going to war was meant to scare Filipinos into submitting to China.

"This false option should be discredited once and for all. This false option does not deserve any further space or airing in the nation's political discourse," he said. (Philstar.com)

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24-Hour In-Home Caregivers: Are you paid for sleep time?

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CareGiverS for the elderly are regularly required to provide overnight care to their clients when working 24-hour shifts.

In fact, many caregivers provide full support and assistance to their elderly patients throughout the night, as well as general supervision and companionship.

Overnight care is necessary for many patients who suffer from dementia, wake up confused or disoriented, or have trouble going to the bathroom on their own.

The label of “sleep-time” is often inaccurate, because patients get up so often that the caregiver must wake up several times each night, thereby getting inconsistent sleep. Without overnight care, many patients would need to be institutionalized in a care facility or placed in group homes.

In the caregiving industry, unfortunately, it is common for private employers to deduct sleep time and other non-active time from the caregiver’s hours worked. Many private employers incorrectly believe that since a caregiver is allowed to sleep, and is provided a place to stay, they do not have to pay caregivers for the overnight supervision and coverage they provide. However, this practice is illegal under California law. In-home caregivers must be paid for all hours they are required to remain on the premises, subject to the control of their employers, even to the extent that they are sleeping, inactive, watching television or surfing the net. Accordingly, if a caregiver is not allowed to leave a patient’s home at night, the caregiver must be paid for all overnight hours.

Although many employers require caregivers to remain on the presence at all times to ensure the client’s health and safety, when faced with a claim for unpaid overnight wages, they argue that the caregiver stayed at the client’s home for their own benefit, rather than for the client’s benefit. To limit liability, employers typically claim that the caregivers did not have a place to live, did not want to drive home or simply enjoyed staying at the residence. These claims are often untrue and tend to ignore the economic vulnerability that forces many caregivers to work overnight without pay.

If you are a 24-hour in-home caregiver, paid a daily rate for the services you provide, then you likely have a very valuable claim for unpaid overtime wages. For example, if you are a caregiver working 24-hours per day, 5 days per week, for a day rate of $270.00, then your daily unpaid overtime claim is approximately $675.00. The day rate of $270.00 does not compensate you, at all, for the 15 overtime hours you work each day. Based on this example, the caregiver’s regular rate of pay is $30/hour and the overtime rate is $45/hour (15 x $45 = $675). Moreover, liquidated damages for a

willful failure to pay overtime wages could add an additional $165.00 per day to the claim, as well as interest, attorneys’ fees, and penalties.

In the above example, the hypothetical caregiver may claim over $4,000 in additional compensation per week. On a yearly basis, this claim would exceed $200,000. We have helped many caregivers whose claims exceed $500,000 in potential damages when working several years for employers who fail to pay them the requisite overtime compensation.

The best way to keep your employer honest is document your time worked. Text or email your employer if you are woken up at night and required to assist your client during night time hours.

Keep a daily time log, documenting the activities and work you performed overnight, when caring for the patient. If you have emails or text messages from your employer, you should always save them. Save every communication, no matter how trivial it may seem, because it may end up being the most valuable piece of evidence to prove your claim.

Caregivers working in Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly may also be entitled to compensation for sleep time when required to work at night or supervise patients while they sleep. There are limited circumstances where facilities are legally permitted to deduct sleep time. In reality, many facilities do not meet the requirements to deduct sleep time from hours worked and, therefore, owe the caregivers overtime compensation for hours worked providing overnight care.

If you are a 24-hour caregiver who is not paid sleep time and is required to remain on the premises overnight, you may have a valuable claim. The lawyers at Chaleff Rehwald have litigated the issue of sleep time for inhome and facility caregivers countless times. We know the law and have detailed strategies to pursue these claims. Often, we are able to resolve claims without going to court. We want to hear from you to learn more about your claim. Call us now for a free consultation. (818) 807-4168 This article is an attorney advertisement written by Daniel Chaleff, employment law attorney at Chaleff Rehwald in Woodland Hills. Our examples are of a general nature and are not a guarantee regarding the outcome of your individual matter. The law firm focuses on caregiver rights.

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Drilon tells government to cooperate with UN probe on PH drug war Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon asked the government to keep an open mind and display statesmanship amid the adoption by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) of a resolution seeking a comprehensive report on the human rights situation in the country.

"Let’s project statesmanship and maturity as a country. Let's keep an open mind, not shut doors to international bodies objectively looking into the issue," Drilon told the government.

"We will rise to the challenge and the challenge is to improve the human rights situation in the country," he said.

Instead of imputing malice on a legitimate action performed by highly respected organizations such as the UNHRC, wherein the Philippines is among the founding members, Drilon said the government must be able to show strong resolve to address the issue.

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"Let us show strong resolve to promote human rights in the country and put a stop to the killing that we have seen in the past three years due to the country's anti-drug war." Drilon said.

If everything is above-board, Drilon said the government has nothing to worry about, as he urges authorities to cooperate with the investigation to be conducted by the UNHRC. But to dismiss the resolution as mere interference or politically motivated will not help the country, Drilon stressed.

"I do not think that is the proper approach or if it can help salvage the country's reputation in the international community, so to speak, insofar as the issue of human rights is concerned," Drilon said.

"We should allow the investigation to take place. The government must cooperate. We cannot simply ignore it, because we are part of it and the government is legally and constitutionally mandated to honor our treaty obligations," Drilon said.

"In today's world, human right knows no boundaries. That is why the Philippines is a party to a number of international treaties promoting human rights," Drilon said. The Philippines is a signatory to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights.

The minority leader also welcomed the Iceland-initiated resolution, which the council approved by a vote of 18 to 14 during

its 41stregular session in Geneva, Switzerland on July 11. The resolution calls on the Philippines government to cooperate with UN human rights investigation as its expresses concern about the human rights condition in the country.

"We thank those 18 sovereign nations that give value to each individual life and profoundly expressed sincere concerns

about the human rights situation in the country," Drilon said.

"It gives light and hope to the families, relatives and friends of those innocent people, particularly children, who died in the name of drug war. It sends the right signal that they are not alone in the fight for justice," he added.

(Source: Bagong Senado)

REVILLA PUSHES FOR FREE DIALYSIS TREATMENT FOR ALL FILIPINO INDIGENTS Senator Bong Revilla, Jr., on Monday, filed the Comprehensive Renal Replacement Therapy Act of 2019 aiming to provide free dialysis treatment for indigent patients suffering from different kidney conditions. Kidney disease has consistently ranked in the 10 most deadly diseases in the Philippines and worldwide. If passed into law, all national, provincial, and regional government hospitals, including all stand-alone dialysis facilities will be required to establish, operate and maintain a dialysis service facility in their hospital.

"This bill is t he answer to t he long-standing problem of our indigent patients suffering from various kidney diseases. Titiyakin natin na gagawin ng pamahalaan ang lahat para madugtungan ang kanilang buhay," (We will make sure that the government will do everything to extend their life.), Revilla said.

Through this bill, all patients diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) will be referred to a DOH-accredited transplant facility to attend a pre-transplant orientation and to be

counselled on the advantages of undergoing transplantation as the best treatment for kidney failure.

"Napakabigat sa bulsa ang magpadialysis. Isipin ninyo, kung P4,500 ang isang session, 2 to 3 beses isang linggo, tapos wala pa doon ang doctor's fee at nephrologist service, paano na lang yung mga mahihirap nating kababayan?" (Dialysis is expensive.

One session costs P4,509, 2 to 3 times a week, not including doctor’s fee and nephrologist’s service; what happens to our poor countrymen?), he added.

The DOH, in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the DSWD and other pertinent agencies, shall establish a comprehensive rehabilitation program for ESRD patients who have undergone kidney transplant in order to help them reach their fullest physical, psychological, social, vocational, avocational, and educational potential consistent with their physiologic or anatomic condition, environmental limitations, life plans and desires.

(Source: Bagong Senado)

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Sotto on retaining SP post: That’s what the majority wants

Senate President Vicente Sotto III expressed confidence Monday that he will still be elected to the top Senate post when the 18th Congress starts on July 22.

“Mukhang ganun ang gusto ng majority ng mga kasama ko naman… na ako pa rin ang mahalal,” (It seems that’s what the majority of my colleagues want... that I be elected.), Sotto said in an interview on Dobol B sa News TV. He said that only the chairmanship of one or two committees are still up in the air. He did not elaborate.

“Medyo buo na, isa-dalawang committees na lang ang hindi malinaw,” he said.

Insinuations of replacing Sotto as Senate President came up in May when neophyte senators were supposedly posturing to get the committees they want to chair. The newly-elected lawmakers, however, denied they were moving for leadership change.?

Senators Panfilo Lacson and Manny Pacquiao even drafted a manifestation to know who really were supportive of Sotto. At least 14 senators signed the document.

Sotto was elected as Senate President in 2018 following a resolution signed by 15 senators seeking the reorganization of the chamber. He replaced then-Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III. (GMA News)

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Dela Rosa wants to regulate use of government ambulances Government officials and employees who misuse government ambulances face administrative sanctions and dismissal from government services, according to a bill recently filed

by Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa.

Senate Bill No. 229, otherwise known as an Act Regulating the Use of Government Ambulances, Providing Penalties Therefore and for Other Purposes, aims to institutionalize the proper use of government-owned ambulances.

Under Memorandum Circular No. 107, series of 1989, issued by the Department of Health, ambulances could be utilized for withdrawing money from the bank, transport personnel on night duty to and from pick-up/drop in centers and for medical outreach missions.

Dela Rosa, however, said he received several complaints that government ambulances are being used for personal purposes and that during emergency situations patients have to pay for the gasoline for these vehicles.

According to the bill, any govern-

ment ambulance assigned or donated to local government units shall be under the joint custody of the local chief executive and a health officer. Both shall be jointly liable for any violation committed under the Act. Upon the end of the local chief executive's term of office, he or she shall turn over the custody of the ambulance to the proper authority within 15 days from his last day in office. Also, the health officer of the local government unit shall do the same from his last day in office.

Failure to return the ambulance on the appointed date, whether it was acquired using government funds or donated for government use, shall result in perpetual disqualification from public service with forfeiture of retirement benefits.

The local chief executive shall be required to dispatch the ambulance to the patients without unnecessary delay during emergency. He or she shall also be required to appoint at least one regular driver for each ambulance and

ensure the vehicle has sufficient gasoline and regular maintenance.

The Dela Rosa bill prohibits public officials and employees from using ambulances for office service vehicle, for recreation and or personal use. It is also deemed unlawful by individuals or entities to use the ambulance for private use and to paint over or allow the painting over of any government ambulance to circumvent the provisions of the Act. Public officers and employees are prohibited from collecting fees from patients or discriminating patients from using government ambulances due to religious beliefs, gender, economic status, public policy or good customs.

Violators of the Act face 30 days suspension from office for the first offense, six months suspension for the second offense and termination from service and forfeiture of retirement benefits and perpetual disqualification from public service for the third offense.

(Source: Bagong Senado)

Government must cut diplomatic ties with Iceland—Imee Marcos Senator Imee Marcos urged the government Saturday to "cut diplomatic ties with Iceland ASAP," after the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted the European country's resolution to launch a review on the human rights situation in the Philippines.

"A strong statement is in order that the values and political agenda of other countries, many of them developed countries like Iceland, cannot be imposed on an independent country like the Philippines," Marcos said, noting that not even half of the UNHRC members voted in favor of the resolution.

Of the UNHRC's 47 members, 18 voted in favor of the

resolution, 14 against, while 15 abstained.

Marcos also scored the "state-sponsored abortion" of developed countries that showed their "distorted values and double-standard morality."

"They point a finger at the Philippines for alleged human rights violations, yet they justify the killing of defenseless, unborn children," Marcos explained.

"Other countries cannot presume to know better how we should enforce our own drug laws," Marcos said. "Due process may seem slow in investigating alleged human rights violations, but the rule of law prevails and has not been set aside."(Source: Bagong Senado)

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National leadership in exasperation proclaimed that Manila is almost a dead city. And why not? It seems unresponsive to health and safety anymore. Filth is everywhere, congestion is unmitigated, traffic almost at a standstill, crime an ordinary incident and chaos, a 24-7 occurrence. In the words of Dan Brown in his bestselling novel “Inferno” the “gates of Hell” is even found in Manila!

It is a sad commentary on what happened to Manila compared with yesteryear. For a time, it was an economic stalwart, a fiscal hub, overflowing with raw resources and the commercial center of Asia. To think that it has an enviable glorious past. In the 20’s it has been dubbed as the Paris of the Southeast, in the 30’s the Pearl of the Orient and in the 50’s a developing nation second to Japan. In the 60’s its educational institutions were honored at a time when Singapore was still a backwater.

Manila, in the eyes of the world, is still the capital of the Philippines although it has been replaced by Quezon City. It is in Manila where Malacañang, the country’s seat of power, is situated. It is the central district of the country’s financial system; the mecca of manpower employment opportunities; the spiritual temple of the dominant faith; and the site of the country’s most sacred historical shrines.

Changes in political leadership, changes in the pursuit of economic struggle, changes in various social condition including climate, industrial and technology virtually reconfigured what Manila was before until it succumbed and faded into a shadow almost a pariah, a figure that denotes a struggling metropolis overtaken by disorder, syndicates of every shade, gangs of opportunists and stinking. Exploitation as a national hobby became the order of the day. Manila became the headquarters of exploiters. From a distance, it can be seen as a spot almost encumbered by adventurers bearing pollutants as it continually pushes the limits as if besieged with storm with darkened surroundings up until it reaches the skyline. As a matter of fact, one cannot even see the skyline because of impurities in the air and smog!

Penury was everywhere and contagion in the physical sense had weakened social resolve.

To live within its boundaries is almost like signing a contract to undergo lung cancer and a host of other deadly infectious diseases. The composition of its air is similar to the

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formula of a war head in the weapon for mass destruction! In literature, it is equivalent to a Shakespearean sigh “the die is cast.”

The elitist Manila in a few years of traditional politics became a template of negligence and a visual remnant of a magnificent past. Sociologist of every shade and even the brightest academician could not entertain the belief that Manila can still be saved from Armageddon. Everyone including denizens and those in social media has abandoned Manila in favor of the countryside and at best, a stint abroad even if it means being thrown out from the window of a skyscraper condominium.

Well, not until a change in political leadership. The ascension of Francisco Domagoso, whose screen name as actor is Isko Moreno this time as Manila’s Mayor, created a whirlpool of excitement. He has barely stretch for a day, he gave the world a miraculous sight of an ordered main street of Divisoria. The next day, the congested, vendor infested and crime laden streets of Cariedo, Quiapo, Recto became a site to behold. Barely a week in the Mayoral office, Manila’s main street looked like European historical thoroughfares already.

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al and unconventional and, as long-time critics of any administration began offering unusual praises. Senator Ping Lacson felt that with Mayor Isko’s leadership, he can look forward to retiring with positive vibes. Senator Hontiveros became an instant fan. Former Mayor and now Congressman Lito Atienza was heaping admiration for the new local leadership.

As a matter of fact, the whole social media was abuzz about Isko’s accomplishments although his administration has not yet passed a full one week yet. These personalities and movements are very conservative. They virtually are born to oppose and criticize but not this time. They are even fantasizing the ascension of Isko from the pedestal of mayorship to the altar of national leadership.

And why not? Isko may have been born in the slum area, barely completed formal education, almost lived through by sifting garbage until a stroke of luck made him a denizen of the silver screen, became a neighborhood barker and gofer of political has been. Despite such pedestrian orientation, he remained respectful, reverent and humble. He never grumbles, never curses, never embarrassed anyone. He remains as a distant star about to shine on a fledging country in need of salvific icon.

California Rent Control bill moving to the Senate California is one step closer toward having statewide rent control. An expanded version of an “anti-rent gouging bill” cleared its first senate committee late Tuesday night.

The bill was heard by the committee Tuesday afternoon during a marathon session, but because several committee members were absent, it didn’t get the votes it needed until shortly before midnight. Several Los Angeles advocates, including a rep for Mayor Eric Garcetti and organizers with ACT-LA, were at the Capitol in Sacramento to register their support.

AB 1482 will have to be vetted next by the senate appropriations committee. If it ultimately approved in the full Senate (it already passed the Assembly) and signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it would make it illegal for property owners to raise rents more than 7 percent, plus the Consumer Price Index, in one year. The CPI averages about 2.5 percent in California. Homes constructed in the past 10 years would be exempt, and the law would expire in 2023.

AB 1482 now also includes a provision that would only allow landlords to evict tenants with “just cause,” originally part of another bill, AB 1481, that did not clear the Assembly before a key legislative deadline in May. Examples of just cause include failing to pay rent, causing a nuisance, and “criminal activity by the tenant on the premises.”

The rent control element would have the largest impact on cities that don’t already have rent control laws. But renters in cities that do have local rent control laws—including the city of Los Angeles—could benefit, too, according to a new analysis from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.

The report estimates AB 1482 would impact 4.6 million households statewide, protecting them “from unsustainable rent increases, at least in the short term.”

The Terner Center zeroed in more closely on 10 communities, including three with rent control laws: Fruitvale and West Oakland, the Mission in San Francisco, and Boyle Heights in Los Angeles. In those areas, it determined the bill would extend rent control provisions to 31,212 residential units.

That’s because AB 1482 would apply to rental units that are not already covered by local rent control policies. In Los Angeles, for example, units built after October 1, 1978 are not covered by the local rent control law. Under AB 1482, units built in Los Angeles between 1978 and 2009 would be covered.

The California Apartment Association and the California Association of Realtors are fighting the bill, calling rent control a “decades-old failed policy.”

“Our biggest concern is we don’t make a bad problem worse by scaring off development in California,” said Debra Carlton, a California Apartment Association spokesperson.

California has vastly underbuilt housing for years, and it’s one of the reasons why the cost

of renting is so expensive.

Over the last decade, an average of less than 80,000 homes have been built in California annually, according to the state’s housing department. A 2016 report from McKinsey Global Institute finds that California ranks 49th out of all 50 states in terms of per capita housing construction.

Opposition groups have already hashed out a compromise with lawmakers to water down the bill, lowering the rent cap from 5 percent, as originally proposed, to 7 percent.

The Terner Center says that amount is high enough that it would “not curtail new [housing] production.”

“I believe landlords should have room to operate at a reasonable profit,” Jackson said Tuesday. “This bill as amended… gives landlords plenty of room to raise rents, some might argue too much room.”

Economists have a hard time agreeing on most things. But regardless of partisan leaning, most economists would say rent control is not great policy. Even prominent progressives like Paul Krugman have expressed opposition to it.

Rent control is quite literally the textbook example of a “price ceiling”– undergrad economics textbooks will often feature problem sets with questions about what’s wrong with rent control. The classic microeconomic downsides include killing the incentive to build more housing, causing landlords to neglect maintenance and repair, and inflated prices for non rent-controlled units. A poll of ideologically diverse economists found that only 2 percent agreed with the statement that rent control had had a positive impact on housing affordability in cities like New York and San Francisco.

Many urban planners and other scholars studying gentrification and displacement cite rent control as an effective policy to keep longtime residents in the communities in which they live and work. And because rent control has become so deeply embedded in the housing markets of some cities, taking it away—no matter how economically inefficient it may be–could spell disaster for current residents.

In every situation there is a good and a bad, in every policy makers policy there is always a benefit and a disadvantage to both sides. Here you have to put yourself in a landlords position if you are an investor and see yourself as a renter on the other hand.

Thanks for your comments and inquiries, hope this works for you. Please call Ken Go of 1st Innovative Finance Group for any Real Estate and Mortgage needs. CALL Ken at 562508-7048 or writer to kennethgo@verizon.net.

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ANNULMENT AND A DIVORCE? What is the difference between a divorce and an annulment? Many people think these concepts are the same and interchangeable. There are many differences between the two concepts. A divorce ends a valid existing marriage. In a nullity, a determination is made about the validity of the marriage itself. When a marriage is annulled, it has the same effect as if the marriage never existed. A nullity results in a void.

In California, any spouse can obtain a divorce regardless of the reason. A common basis used is a catchall phrase “irreconcilable differences.” However, anyone who wants to end a marriage can end the marriage and there is nothing the other spouse can do to stop that.

However in a petition for nullity, the court will not automatically grant you the nullity. There has to be a legal basis for seeking the nullity as outlined in the family code. Some of the basis are 1) entering into a bigamous marriage 2) incestuous marriage 3)fraud in obtaining the other spouse’s consent to marriage 4) incurable physical incapacity 5) unsound mind among others. The petitioner would have to prove one of these grounds in court to be able to get a nullity.

In a Nullity, there is a statute of limitations. That means you have to file your nullity within a certain time period depending on the basis for seeking the Nullity. Each ground has a different statute of limitation. For example, if you are filing the nullity based on fraud, you have to file within 4 years of discovering the fraud. If you blow the statute of limitation, this can be used as a defense to dismiss your case. On the other hand there is no statute of limitation in a divorce. You can file a divorce at any time regardless of how long you have been separated from your spouse.

In a divorce, husband and wife are presumed to be the parents of children born during the marriage. In a Nullity, the marriage has no validity so it will affect the presumption of parentage of the children. The Court will have to make a finding of parentage for the children on a different basis before it can make orders relating to custody, visitation, and support.

The treatment of spousal support (alimony) is different between the two. In a divorce, the spouse that has less earning capacity and access to resources may seek an award of spousal support. This is not available in a Nullity since the marriage is invalid and there is no spouse as a result.

The division of property is also different. In a divorce, community property is divided equally between the

spouses. In a nullity, since there is no valid marriage, there is no community property created and properties are not divided between the spouse. Similarly, neither party can receive survivorship benefits and inheritance rights from the other party in a Nullity.

Finally, there are different immigration consequences between a divorce and a nullity when an immigrant spouse is involved. In a divorce, the immigrant spouse who obtains a greencard from a US Citizen spouse stands a bigger chance of keeping his or her greencard and ultimately become a US Citizen. In a nullity, the immigrant spouse may lose their greencard status when the marriage is found to be invalid since it is the basis for the greencard.

It can jeopardize the immigration status of the legal permanent resident spouse.

Please note that this article is not legal advice and is not intended as legal advice. The article is intended to provide only general, non-specific legal information. This article is not intended to cover all the issues related to the topic discussed. The specific facts that apply to your matter may make the outcome different than would be anticipated by you. This article does create any attorney client relationship between you and the Law Offices of Kenneth U. Reyes, APLC This article is not a solicitation.

Attorney Kenneth Ursua Reyes is a Certified Family Law Specialist. He was President of the Philippine American Bar Association. He is a member of both the Family law section and Immigration law section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association. He is a graduate of Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles and California State University, San Bernardino School of Business Administration. He has extensive CPA experience prior to law practice. LAW OFFICES OF KENNETH REYES, APLC. is located at 3699 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 747, Los Angeles, CA, 90010. Tel. (213) 388-1611 or e-mail kenneth@kenreyeslaw. com or visit our website at Kenreyeslaw.com

How To Eliminate Debt Without Filing Bankruptcy You’ve probably seen a lot of these ads: “Settle your debts for pennies on the dollar!”, “Reduce your debts legally without filing bankruptcy!” “Stop bill collectors now and pay them only what you can!”

Are all these just exaggerated claims? Or are any of these ads true? How can you protect yourself from being scammed?

If you’ve accumulated a lot of credit card and other debts and have found it difficult to make your payments, perhaps you would like to find a way out of debt without having to file for bankruptcy as much as possible. After all, bankruptcy is often a last resort for most people when no other options exist.

But how do you know who to trust before giving anyone your hard-earned dollars?

Unfortunately, bad things happen even to good, honest and decent people. And when you are in a situation where your bill collectors are hounding you day and night for payment, you may be tempted to accept the first offer of help from someone who comes along although you may not really understand what you are getting into.

FACT: Debt settlement companies are everywhere, often telling you things that are not true. You see them advertising in newspapers, on TV and on the internet.

I am sorry to say but a lot of these companies are “scams” for lack of a better term. They will tell you whatever you want to hear and making promises that they can’t keep.

Once you hire one of these debt settlement companies, your phone will never stop ringing and they have no way to legally protect you because they are not attorneys (although a lot of them lie to you and claim that they are somehow affiliated with law firms).

Don’t believe a word of what they tell you and be very careful especially if this is a company that you have not met with face to face. A lot of these companies are out of state and once they have your money, you may not hear from them again.

Does this mean that all debt settlement companies are dishonest? No, that’s not what I’m saying. But you need to be very careful as there are a lot of unscrupulous and deceitful companies out there who want to take advantage of your misfortune.

Before you hire a debt settlement company, make sure that you understand the agreement that you are signing.

Over the years, I have heard hundreds of horror stories from clients who have put their faith and trust in a debt

settlement company who made a lot of big promises that they could not eventually deliver.

They charge large up-front fees before they do any work and in a lot of cases, they don’t explain to you exactly what services they will be providing. Most of them also do not tell you that the credit bureaus will still report your accounts as “late” on your credit report. Thus, if your credit will be ruined anyway, wouldn’t you just be better off filing for bankruptcy so you can get out of debt much quicker without spending so much money?

This doesn’t mean that debt settlement is not an alternative to filing bankruptcy. In some cases, it is better than bankruptcy if settling your debts is the best way to protect your assets without having a bankruptcy on your record.

Remember, however, that settlements are only available on unsecured debts like credit cards, medical bills and department store cards, auto repo and foreclosure deficiencies. Also, you may need to file bankruptcy right away if there is an immediate threat to your property or income such as a lawsuit, wage garnishment, bank levy or foreclosure.

And If it’s going to take more than 12-18 months to negotiate settlements with your creditors, in most cases, bankruptcy might be the better way to go. In such case, you might want to seek the advice of an experienced bankruptcy attorney who can evaluate your situation and help you decide what is best for you.

For a free attorney consultation, call Toll-Free 1-866477-7772. We have offices in Glendale, Cerritos and Valencia.

(None of the information herein is intended to give legal advice for any specific situation. Atty. Ray Bulaon has successfully helped over 5,000 clients in getting out of debt.

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Recto: With Road Board gone, 2020 budget must specify MVUCfunded projects The proposed 2020 national budget must comply with the Road Board abolition law, which requires all projects funded by motor registration fees be specified in the annual General Appropriations Act (GAA).

Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto reminded the executive to make sure that next year's spending bill will be in accordance with Republic Act 11239, which President Duterte signed on April 8, 2019.

RA 11239 abolished the Road Board and decreed that all Motor Vehicle User's Charge (MVUC) collections be remitted to the National Treasury and placed in a special account in the General Fund.

Monies under the account will be "earmarked solely for the construction, upgrading, repair, and rehabilitation of roads, bridges, and road drainage to be included in the annual GAA," states the said law.

"This is the very important sunshine provision in the law abolishing the Road Board. It means that projects funded by MVUC must be itemized and presented, in the interest of transparency, as MVUC-funded projects," he said.

"That's the way to do it. Full disclosure. So that vehicle owners will know where the registration fees they have paid will go," Recto said.

He said if MVUC-funded projects are comingled with other items in the DPWH budget, and the projects they are supposed to finance are lumped together with other items, "then the intent of making them distinct and separate is disobeyed," he stressed.

"Kailangan under one box talaga, para alam ng taxpayers kung magkano ang nakolekta, saan gagastusin, at kung ang mga ito ay ayon sa menu na isinasaad sa RA 11239," (It should be under one box so that taxpayers know the collected amount, where to spend it, and if this is in accordance with the menu of RA 11239.), Recto explained.

"If this will not be done, then we will be going back to the old system of treating MVUC collections as off-budget expenditures. Kung hindi deklarado, nakatago at naka-lump sum lang, e di parang bumalik tayo sa lumang gawain," (If undeclared, hidden, and lumpsum, it’s like going back to the old system.), Recto said.

Unspent MV UC collections stood at P46.25 billion as of late last year. For 2019, government projects to raise P13.9 billion from vehicle registration fees, which are collected by Land Transportation Office.

Malacañang reportedly plans to submit to Congress its proposed P4.2 trillion national budget for 2020 within a week after the President's State of the Nation Address on July 22.

Around P1.1 trillion of the fou r t h nat iona l budget t he Duterte administration will be proposing will fund infrastructure and other capital outlays.

(Source: Senate of the Philippines)

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Amore Entertainment presents the 15th Anniversary Concert Tour of Jed Madela

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n Saturday, July 27, 2019 Amore Entertainment and Amore Culinary Innovations, Inc., presents the 15th Anniversary Concert Tour of singer Jed Madela, along with guest artist, Lani Misalucha at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. The concert is in cooperation with LCH Entertainment, The Law Offices of Jemela A. Netttles and The Noypitz Bar & Grill.

As a background, Jed Madela, whose full name is John Edward Madela Tajanlangit, was born on July 14, 1977 in Iloilo City to parents: JC Roy Tajanlangit, and his wife Agnes. Jed is the eldest son whose younger siblings are: Eric and Joanne Tajanlangit.

He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of San Agustin in Iloilo City.

In 2003, he participated in the "Voice of Asia" singing contest, where he competed with 18 contestants from 16 Asian countries. That was where he became the first official male representative from the Philippines who has joined in the contest. For the next three days, he ranked first place consistently and garnered the title of "People's Choice Award" as well as "Sponsor's Choice," becoming the Grand Champion in the internet polls, and ultimately winning the Silver Trophy.

Five months later, he also won as the "Best Voice of Asia Singer of the Year 2003" during the Mainhill Awards in Kazakhstan. It was during this competition where Jed Madela showcased his singing prowess, with three winning songs namely: "I'll be Around," "Labis Akong Umibig," (I Loved Too Much), and Martin Nievera's classic hit "Be My Lady." It was this particular competition where Jed had a standing ovation when he held his final high note for 18 seconds. The three songs were composed by Vehnee Saturno, who traveled with him for his competi-

tion in Kazakstan.

The Philippine media often referred to Jed Madela as "The Voice" and "The Singer's Singer," as he made his way to the 2005 World Championship of the Performing Arts (WCOPA) in Hollywood, California, where he won 6 gold medals in 6 different categories. It was at WCOPA where he was awarded the " Champion Vocal World Star Trophy," along with the ultimate title of "Grand Champion Performer of the World."

He was the first Filipino to win the title among 3,000 contestants from 52 countries. Thus he was Pia Legaspi, President/CEO of Amore Entertainment (left) with Jed Madela welcoming inducted into the World him at LAX. Courtesy of Bobby Crisostomo Championships of Pera double platinum Currently, Jed forming Arts (WCOPA), Madela per forms ranking him along renowned ac- certification and his third album of in various concerts tress-singer Liza Minnelli. back home as well as Some of Jed's winning songs in "Only Human," was worldwide, while at various categories were: "I'm Your released in 2007 the same time he apAngel," (pop category); "Be My wh ich ga r nere d pears at ABS CBN's Lady," singer's home country cate- him a GOLD certidaily noontime show, gory which was Martin Nievera's hit fication.

Finally, on Jan"ASAP." song; "Home" (Broadway category); So, for those of you "Last Night of the World," (pop duet u a r y, 2 0 1 5 h e who wish to savor a category sang with Risa Navales); launched his latfine evening of enter"Take Me Out of the Dark," (gospel est album named tainment, come and category) and his ultimate winning "Iconic," which has watch Jed Madela, song was Aerosmith's "I Don't Wan- unique versions of tracks done by muLani Misalucha and na Miss A Thing." other guest artists at To date, he has released 9 albums sic icons such as: including his debut album of "I'll Madonna, Mariah Guest singer Lani Misalucha the Saban Theatre at Be Around;" his second album was Carey, Celine DIon and Whitney 7:00 pm on Saturday, July 27, 2019.

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Jane De Leon to train for ‘Darna’ role

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Jane de Leon, the new ‘Darna’

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hen Jane De Leon was a grade schooler, she would run around their house pretending to fly wearing a plastic winged headpiece she bought at a wet market. Like Darna, she said, inspired by Angel Locsin’s iteration of the komiks icon for TV. She wanted to be just like her: beating up bad guys and serving as a role model, though admittedly she shared with Preview that those aspirations were just a pipe dream of a kid.

But auditions opened, in search of a replacement for the injured Liza Soberano, and she tried --first for the role of the villain.

She was told that perhaps she would fit the Darna mould better and she followed suit. She got through the first audition, then the second and, finally, she met with ABS-CBN's big bosses.

Now everyone's curious about who she is after she was revealed to be the next rightful heir to the mythical "bato."

"Una, confused ako at kinakabahan kung bakit nila ako pinatawag. Una kong naisip, 'Is this real? Totoo ba 'to?' Sobrang speechless ako na parang nag-buffer 'yung utak ko. Hindi pa nag-si-sink in sa'kin pero I'm so happy and excited," she said.

First on her agenda is training: Muay Thai is her fitness regime of choice, and she said that she needs to gain weight and tone up.

But ultimately, and beyond this being a win for her career, De Leon shared that she wants to use this huge platform she earned to forward an advocacy close to her: mental health awareness.

“Gusto kong matulungan yung mga kabataan at 'yung ibang tao rin na nakaka-experience ng depression and anx-

iety," she said.

She revealed that she suffered from both, and she knows that overcoming them is probably more difficult than stopping a villain.

"It's not that easy kasi kinakain ka talaga ng depression and anxiety," she said.

"But kailangan mo talaga siyang labanan.

"You need someone to talk to. Iyan yung pinaka-kailangan kasi syempre 'yung iba, takot silang i-share. Pero you need someone to lean on lang talaga and to understand. Iyan yung pinaka-importante, yung hindi ka iju-judge."

This empathetic stance of hers could also be seen in her response to a question about who she relates to more --Narda or Darna?

Her answer is the former, describing Narda and herself as both "fragile" beings.

"Si Darna kasi syempre strong siya.

She’ll do anything to save the people.

Pero si Narda kaya rin niyang magsakripisyo, especially para sa mga mahal niya sa buhay," she said.

According to the director of the planned "Darna" movie, Jerrold Tarog, De Leon was a "unanimous" choice for the role, as she fits the idea they have of the superhero that they wanted to show.

Revealing that there were a shortlist of seven actress, down from more than 200 women who auditioned, Tarog furthered: “It was about who could carry the role."

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“Kung anuman ang mangyari, kung mid the controversial magkabalikan man, hindi natin alam. breakup, Joshua GarOnly God knows,” he said. cia admitted he is still Joshua stressed it was mutual decision in love with ex-girlfriend Ju- for them to end the relationship lia Barretto.

“Kumbaga, pinag-usapan talaga namIt was late June when Joshua con- in nang maayos. Best friends kami. Mas firmed their separation after two years okay kami ngayon na ganito.” of being a couple. Both said they have Still, Joshua made clear their onscreen managed to become “best of friends.” tandem, known as JoshLia, will continue “Espesyal siya, mahal ko pa rin ‘yung to exist. tao na ‘yon, ang tagal naming nagsama.

Pointing to their fans, he promised: At least hindi nawala yung friendship “Ang mensahe ko for them huwag na namin. ‘Yun na lang ang ipinapagsala- silang malungkot kasi hindi naman mat ko,” Joshua said in an ABS-CBN mawawala ‘yung JoshLia. Gagawa pa article. rin kami ng mga pelikula, may mga proProdded if he would still want to get ject na pagsasamahan, magkakatrabaho back together with Julia given a chance, naman kami.” the young actor simply leaves it up to The two is cast in the upcoming ZomT:4.75” fate. bie movie “Block Z.” (Manila Bulletin)

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Anne Curtis was caught off guard and was momentarily speechless as Vice Ganda mentioned her past “heartbreak” over her failed relationship with Sam Milby.

The candid exchange happened Saturday during the “Tawag ng Tanghalan” segment of “It’s Showtime,” where a contestant’s original composition about “friendzone” opened the topic of heartbreaks.

Vice Ganda initially teased co-host Ryan Bang over his failed attempt to romantically pursue Yeng Constantino, one of the judges present that day and who is now married.

Turning serious, Vice Ganda reminded Bang, whom he personally regards as his “son,” that “heartbreak is actually a blessing, because it will lead us to our destiny.”

“Ang daming tao na kung hindi sila hiniwalayan ng jowa nila noon, hindi sila mapupunta doon sa talagang ka-partner pala nila,” Vice Ganda said.

The comedy superstar then diverted the topic to Curtis’ own controversial heartbreak in 2008, which saw her crying in a television interview over her breakup with Milby.

“Oh my gosh!” Curtis said, as she visibly blushed over Vice Ganda’s unexpected mention of her past romance.

“Namula ‘yung mukha niya!” Vice Ganda noticed.

After a volley of teasing from both sides, this time alluding to the comedian’s rumored romance with Ion Perez after similarly going through a heartbreak, Vice Ganda said: “Our heartbreak

will lead us to a happier, safer place. It will lead us to the place where we rightfully belong.”

Curtis and Milby were together, “on and off,” for four years. Formerly a popular “love team,” the two reunited onscreen in the 2014 fantaserye “Dyesebel.”

During a promotional interview for the series, the former couple belatedly revealed that they got back together after Curtis’ 2008 interview.

They, however, ultimately broke up for a third time, with the actress initiating the separation.

Curtis got married to restaurateur and vlogger Erwan Heussaff in 2017. Milby, on the other hand, remains single and has described Curtis as his “greatest love” in various interviews. (ABS-CBN News)

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From the one who casually roams around the city to take photos, to the gamer who’s glued to the screen for hours on end. It has become an intangible tool for a digital lifestyle.

As such, companies are still trying to innovate with these things. Making them slimmer, packing more juice, and carrying more features than ever before.

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The Type-C/QC 3.0 version isn’t really different from the previous one in terms of design. You get a bar shaped power bank with rounded edges, wrapped in a metal case. It’s also just as thick as the previous version, which means it should fit most pockets.

In terms of ports, you still get two of them, only now, one is Quick Charge 3.0 compatible. You still have the button which, in a single press, can be used to check the amount of charge remaining on the power bank, there are also the familiar indicator lights, and an extra light for needed illumination.

The standard microUSB port has now been replaced by a reversible Type-C port.

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3RD TELCO. President Rodrigo Duterte issues a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Dito Telecommunity, led by Dennis Uy, on July 8, 2019. Also in the photo are National Telecommunications Commission Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba and Information and Communications Technology Secretary Gregorio Honasan II. Malacañang photo MAniLA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte awarded a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) to Dito Telecommunity, the consortium of Davao City-based businessman Dennis Uy, allowing it to operate.

Duterte himself graced the awarding ceremony at the Malacañang Palace on Monday, July 8. Officials of the Department of Information and Communications Technology and National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) were also present.

The awarding of the CPCN to Dito, previously called Mislatel, officially green-lights the 3rd telco player’s operations in the country.

The consortium is composed of Uy’s Udenna Corporation and publicly-listed Chelsea Logistics, with Beijing-run China Telecom as its foreign partner.

The NTC confirmed that Dito has paid up the performance bond of P25.7 billion and the required P10-billion paid-in capital.

“This is more than a compliance certification. It is a clear signal that we are fully committed to providing world-class telecommunications in the country,” Uy said.

“This issuance will fast-track our project rollouts as we plan to start commercial operations by 2020,” he added.

Dito is slated to conduct a pilot user program by the end of 2019 to test its network. It

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On that regard, the ZenPower 10050C QC 3.0 doesn’t disappoint. Using the Quick Charge 3.0 port, Charging the Zenfone 5 from zero to full took slightly less than 2 hours. On the other hand, charging the power bank from almost empty to full takes around 4 hours.

After a full charge, there’s still 2 dots lit on the power bank, which means, you can probably charge the Zenfone 5 to full at least twice before it runs out of juice. (Manila Bulletin)

the new version now has a USB Type-C port, and features Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 3.0 technology, which means compatible devices should charge significantly faster than before.

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ASUS sticks to a minimal packaging here.

With only a small box which contains the unit, a Warranty Card, a User Manual, and a Type-C cable. Unlike the previous version, it doesn’t come with a sleeve. Not exactly a deal breaker, but would’ve been nice.

will launch only 4G services and will not offer 2G and 3G systems.

Dito promised to provide internet speed of 27 megabits per second (Mbps) on average in its 1st year of business.

It then committed to more than double that to 55 Mbps in its 2nd to 5th years.

It also pledged to provide 37% nationwide coverage in its 1st year of operations and up to 84% in its 5th year.

Duterte, in his speech, told Dito to live up to its promises to Filipinos.

“Break the prevailing duopoly in the telecommunications industry and fulfill your commitment to provide better telco services,” he said.

The President outlined the benefits of faster telecommunications.

“Let us take this entry of a 3rd telco player as a breath of fresh air in a rapidly evolving information age where no one should be left behind in our pursuit of an inclusive and sustainable progress for all Filipinos,” said Duterte.

Dito plans to spend a total of P257 billion in 5 years. It earmarked P150 billion for its 1st year and P27 billion each for the next 4 years.

Uy has zero experience in telecommunications, but previously said he can learn the ropes and is eager for the venture.

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Christine Allado to star in West End's 'The Prince of Egypt' Isko turns emotional as ‘Kuya Germs’ mentioned in interview Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso cannot help but to shed tears as the late Kuya Germs was mentioned during a radio interview.

Before the interview ended over radio DZBB, Isko was moved and became emotional as Kuya Germs is said to be proudly watching over him with a smile.

“Kasi ano kami, mga 200 plus kaming mga bata sa That’s [Entertainment], ‘di ba? Ever since, lagi siyang naka-focus sa akin,” the actor-turned-politician said.

(We were about 200 child stars in That’s [Entertainment], right?

Ever since, he has been focused to me.)

Before his political stint, Isko has made a name in the entertainment industry.

Kuya Germs gave him the ticket to showbiz and asked him to audition for his show as a “doorbell ringer”.

Little did Isko know that this will bring a big break for him, and eventually joined “That’s Entertainment”.

Kuya Germs, whose real name is German Moreno, passed away last January 8, 2016 due to cardiac arrest.

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Filipina is among the first cast members announced for the West End adaptation of the 1998 animated musical “The Prince of Egypt,” which is set to open in London in February 2020.

Christine Allado will play the "fiery, spirited, and bewitching" Tzipporah in “The Prince of Egypt,” which is set to open in London in February 2020.

Christine Allado, who starred in the West End production of the runaway Broadway hit "Hamilton" as both Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds, will play the "fiery, spirited, and bewitching" Tzipporah.

She was cast alongside Luke Brady, who will play the lead role of Moses, and Liam Tamne and Alexia Khadime, portraying Ramses and Miriam, respectively, a report revealed exclusively.

According to Allado, the musical is about "how people behave when they're faced with something greater than them."

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Catriona Gray entertains fans on twitter during NYC blackout

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eigning Miss Universe Catriona Gray took time to entertain pageant fans on Twitter after a widespread power outage hit New York City Saturday night.

G r ay i s c u r r e nt l y housed at the Miss Universe Organization apartment in New York during her reign for one year.

“Hey my loves! Currently sitting by candlelight in a blackout, so let’s chat! Tweet me your Q’s,” said Gray whose Twitter account is @catrionaelisa.

The Filipino beauty queen answered topics on having bad days, taking a risk, breakfast, brushing your teeth, body-shaming, etc.

“What keeps you going on the bad days?? also I love u,” a fan asked on Twitter.

Gray answered: “Honestly? I need to cry it out, then write down my thoughts so I can process. Bc if I don’t understand why I’m down, then I can’t get over it. I usually realise it’s not that bad – whatever I’m upset about. Then I go and be with people I love, or do something that makes me happy.”

Another pageant fan asked:

“Any advice to someone who is afraid to take a risk?”

The beauty queen replied: “Well, first make an informed decision. If you still feel like the

reward will be worth the risk in pursuing a dream job, then go for it! You’ll never know unless you try! I risked joining my national Pageant and overcame all my fears and it definitely paid off.

Good luck!!”

“Hi Catriona, what’s your take on body shaming?”a pageant fan queried.

Gray answered: “Body shaming

is hurtful and should never be tolerated. If anyone reading this too has been body shamed, I know how it feels. I’m sorry you’ve had to experience that. But know that you are more than your appearance.

You are a capable, unique and worthy person. And you are never alone.”

On being confident, Gray said: “Confidence isn’t something you’re born with or that people “just have”.

It’s like a ‘muscle’ that you have to decide to use and it strengthens the more you work on it. So continue to work on yourself, embrace your uniqueness and be kind and positive!”

Gray said that she has never been to a rock festival but her playlist includes songs by rock groups All Time Low, We The Kings, and My Chemical Romance.

Her favorite John Meyer songs are In The Blood, Gravity, Stop This Train, and Why Georgia while she digs the songs NASA and In My Head by Ariana Grande.

Gray also loves to play video games Borderlands and Lego Super Villains. (Manila Bulletin)

Camille Prats has given birth to her third baby

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day.

The actress announced the arrival of their newborn baby boy via an Instagram Stories post.

"Baby out," she wrote.

It was in December last year when Prats confirmed that she is pregnant again.

She gave birth to her second child, Nala, in 2017.

Prats also has a son named Nathan with her late husband, Anthony Linsangan. (ABS-CBN News)

First released in 1998 by DreamWorks Animation, "The Prince of Egypt" explored the life of Moses, based on the Book of Exodus, and how he ultimately led the Hebrew people out of Egypt.

The West End musical will be directed by Scott Schwartz, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Philip LaZebnik.

It will feature 10 new songs by Schwartz, as well as songs from the original film including "When You Believe," "Deliver Us" and "All I Ever Wanted."

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Vice Ganda nearly breaks down on ‘Idol PH,’ alarms fans

MANILA — A “hurt” Vice Ganda struggled to form words on Sunday as he appeared on the verge of breaking down during the live episode of “Search for the Idol Philippines.”

The comedy superstar was commenting on the performance of finalist Lucas Garcia, whose emotional rendition of Moira dela Torre’s “Tagpuan” earned raves from the judges, including its original singer and songwriter.

Garcia’s take on the song about finding one’s true love after uncertainties and heartbreaks, it seemed, struck a chord with Vice Ganda.

“Pinalungkot mo ako. Sa sobrang ganda ng kanta mo, nalungkot ako,” he told Garcia as his voice cracked.

Pausing several times to compose himself, and at one point apologizing, Vice Ganda admitted that he had just been speaking with fellow judge and close friend Regine Velasquez about a personal matter.

On Twitter, fans of the “Fantastica” star expressed concern for their idol, with a number speculating that he might have been going through a rough patch. Others mentioned Ion Perez, the model-turned-“It’s Showtime” regular who is rumored to be romantically involved with Vice Ganda.

On Monday, both Vice Ganda and Perez were absent from the noontime program, their fans noticed.

But while followers of the tandem known as “ViceIon” were initially worried about their ties, they found reason to rejoice when photos of Vice Ganda's and Perez’s families meeting surfaced online.

The family photos, which also include Vice Ganda’s mother Rosario Viceral, are the latest hint of a real-life romance between the two, despite never having gone on record to confirm being together.

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The Manila Hotel, the Grand Dame of Manila, turns 107

By Dom Galeon

107TH ANNIVERSARY OF MANILA HOTEL – (l-r) Isko Moreno, Manila Mayor; Basilio Yap, Chairman of the Board Manila Hotel; and Sung Kim, U.S. Amb. during 107th anniversary of the Manila Hotel. (July4,2019) (photo by Manny Llanes)

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n 1912, a new hotel opened along the shores of Manila Bay. At its inaugural dinner, guests were treated to American roast, Philippine lobster, and French champagne – a nod to The Manila Hotel’s multicultural origins.

Designed by William Parsons, who picked up from where David Hudson Burnham left

off, The Manila Hotel quickly became an iconic missionary-styled white edifice topped with a green-tiled roof at the end of the boulevard along the bay.

A World War and several Philippine presidents later, The Manila Hotel remains one of the city’s most beloved architectural gems, and it has retained its original white and green colors.

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“Grand Dame of Manila,” has become home to many of the world’s most popular personalities: From Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who even became the hotel’s honorary general manager, to pop icons like The Beatles and Michael Jackson, and even heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali. Philippine presidents have also graced the hotel’s now historic and iconic halls.

(The Manila Bulletin)

winning first place in the 2019 Talinn Young International Music Competition (Category B) in Estonia, Eastern Europe. He is also part of the MSJO which got the top prize at the 2018 Summa Cum Laude Music Festival held in Vienna, Austria.

Pianist Dingdong Fiel earned his Bachelor of Music Degree from the UST Conservatory of Music in 2007 and had post-graduate studies at the Franz Liszt Hochschule Fur Musik in Weimar Germany. He pursued advanced studies in piano and chamber music under Rolf Dieter Arens and vocal accompaniment under Karl Peter Kammerlander.

The cello prodigy started his studies in Mozarteum University in Salzburg under Barbara Leubkeand will start schooling at the Leopold Mozart Institute for Exceptionally Gifted program of Mozarteum University. Since 2017, his schooling, masterclasses, and competition stints were supported by Standard Insurance Group chairman Ernesto Echauz.

11-year-old Damodar Das Castillo to perform classical pieces on Aug. 17

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“I love the Iloilo audience,” says impresario Pablo Tariman who made the three Iloilo Licad recitals last year possible. “I’d like to share other phenomenal talents in the country in this beautiful venue made for classical music.”

Damodar joined the prize-winning Manila Symphony Junior Orchestra (MSJO) at seven years old and became the young-

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After performing for several heads of state in special command performances, Damodar also made his PPO debut with a movement from the Haydn cello concerto. In 2017, he won first place in the online North International Music Competition (Category 2) and this year duplicated the same feat by

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Pow Martinez just painted these staircase walls of Palais de Tokyo in Paris

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or two weeks in June, the Filipino artist famous for his monsters and ghouls playing about in urban settings, worked on a fraction of the staircase walls of the most unique art space in all of Europe

imaginings run wild.

Martinez’s murals occupy the expanse that constitutes 50 steps of the staircase—with a landing in the middle. “I approached the work like I do my paintings,” Martinez tells ANCX. “At first, I wanted to make like a flash tattoo style of images of my works with lots of The mural took two weeks to complete. white spaces. I found it too clean and boring like coffee shop wall A church on fire, soldiers with armalites, art. So I ended men hanging upside down from tree branchup making it es, a bombshell on a white horse. An uprising like my paintis in the works and it’s starring the characings, messy and ters of Pow Martinez. The artist’s murals are rough.” currently on the walls of a staircase—from The result is “I ended up making it like my Level 1 to 2—of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris. vintage Pow, paintings: messy and rough.”

Because, really, where else? It is “the largest replete with center for contemporary artistic creation in his humor, his all of Europe.” It is “the anti-museum.” It is deviant characters against otherwise painterly back“a rebellious wasteland.” drops. The physical demands of the work was the The unique exhibition space at 13, avegreater challenge for the 36-year-old artist. He had nue du Président Wilson is currently host to been sent a floor plan and video of the stairs, and he a show/artistic exercise called City Prince/ prepared a few sketches before leaving Manila. But esses where Martinez “has been invited to seeing the actual space was overwhelming. “It was produce a huge mural presenting a synthesis hard at first because I’m not used to painting on walls of several of his canvases with grotesque figin this scale.” ures.” Martinez is among 50 artists from difThe process ferent parts of the world (including our very took a full two own Dina Gadia and Dex Fernandez). weeks to comThe Palais-wide show cultivates inspiraplete, including The upside down: Martinez’s exposed tion from the chaos of mega cities and the editing, covering men in a historical backdrop. imagined progress and illusory transformaup of areas he was tion these urban spaces go through, brought not happy with. on by the frenzy of the non- There was barely time to see Paris. stop hustle its citizens per- “We went to the Pompidou [he was form everyday. “The artists with his girlfriend] and some tourwho emerge from them are isty areas etcetera, quick browse thus the strollers of the 21st lang just to see Paris but most of century, hackers of our an- it is work,” Martinez recalls. “The swers to an urban milieu work was hard but satisfying in which is often too functional the end.” and standardised,” said the City Prince/sses will be ongoing Pow’s work will stay on the wall up curators on the show’s press at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris unto the 8th of September. After that, Martinez paints an imagined war in a show about kit. In translation, the artists til the 8th of September. another artist will paint on it. the madness of urban landscapes. were encouraged to let their (ABS-CBN News)

‘Life-changing moment’: Filipino filmmaker wins BAFTA film grant

By Stanley Guevarra

MANILA, Philippines – For someone who’s a queer person of color doing a documentary on his recovery from sexual assault, 24-year-old New York Film Academy student Drama del Rosario wasn’t expecting to bag a coveted grant.

But Del Rosario surpassed boundaries with his new documentary after being recognized by the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA) and the Global Student Accommodation (GSA).

Calling the achievement a “truly life-changing moment,” Del Rosario was awarded as one of two winners of the inaugural Short Film Commissioning Grant of BAFTA-GSA at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica, California, on July 9 for his documentary I’m Okay (And Neither Are You). Lola Blanche Higgins was also awarded for her short film Kissy and the Shark.

The BAFTA-GSA Commissioning Grant was launched in 2019 with a theme focused on raising awareness of mental health and well-being among 15- to 25-year-olds.

Del Rosario’s documentary takes off from his personal experiences, similar to his coming-out documentary film In This Family, which was shortlisted in the 2018 BAFTA Student Film Awards.

I’m Okay (And Neither Are You) traces Del Rosario’s yearlong recovery from sexual assault trauma – an experience that eventually led to suicidal thoughts.

Documenting the strain that sexual assault brings not only to its victims but also to the people around them, the film captures how Del Rosario’s trauma affected his boyfriend’s mental health as well, and follows the journey of overcoming trauma from the perspective of a couple.

“In the early stages of developing this film, I

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to realize that it’s not because there are no male sexual assault victims, but because there is no demand for it. The people who need it aren’t really demanding for it,” he said.

Del Rosario eventually realized that his trauma wasn’t something he could just simply ignore.

“If I don’t address it openly, then I’m just gonna be throwing all of this burden to someone who I care about,” he said.

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Until now, sexual assault is not often talked about, especially when it involves male survivors.

Research says that at least 1 in 6 men have been sexually abused or assaulted, though this is a low estimate since these cases often go unreported.

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Anchored on the journey to recovery, Del Rosario said telling people when you’re not okay serves as the overall message of his upcoming documentary.

“The truth is that we are not these strong beings that can solve things on our own. If we don’t ask for help from people, we’re just gonna be burying ourselves in our own little bubble and it’s gonna start affecting the people around us,” he said.

Del Rosario added that he wants the film to make an impact on people who have experienced trauma.

“I just think about all the people who are burying all of the things in their head and staying in their bubble and how much weight could be taken off if they just go to the closest person that they love,” he added.

Del Rosario hopes that the film would help eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health and sexual assault, especially involving male survivors, and normalize the act of seeking help.

Through the grant, Del Rosario will be getting $8,000 for I’m Okay (And Neither Are You) – more than half of the $12,000 commissioning grant. He said he will allocate the grant for principal photography and post-production expenses.

Del Rosario plans to finish his documentary when he graduates with his master’s degree in Fine Arts in Documentary at the New York Film Academy in September.

He also plans to send the documentary to film festivals and screen it to students with the help of GSA and non-profit organizations in Los Angeles.

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o you have a habit of filling up your refrigerator a little haphazardly after getting home from the grocery store, just sticking everything where you can squeeze it in?

Organizing your refrigerator shelves will help you remember what items you have on hand and what’s running low. Your food will also last longer if you store everything in the proper place, so you have to throw away wasted food as often. You’ll save money and time when you find the right place for your meat, produce, dairy products, and condiments, using clever ideas to keep everything organized and fresh.

1. Put your fruit in the low humidity drawer

Fruit keeps best when it isn’t exposed to too much moisture.

Most refrigerators have a special drawer that has the lower humidity than the other shelves and drawers. Sometimes it’s labeled “low humidity,” and other times it’s labeled “crisper.” This is where you should store your fruit, from apples to bananas to grapes.

If you’re planning on eating fruit quickly, however, you may want to store it on the top shelf.

Fresh berries, for example, will go bad faster than apples, so you might not want to store them in the crisper. Store the carton on the middle or top shelf, where you’ll see it and reach for it before

they start to shrivel.

Produce stored in the crisper may be stored either loose or in open plastic bags.

Don’t store fruit in tightly-sealed plastic bags, since this can cause many types of fruit to rot more quickly.

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2. Keep your vegetables in the high humidity drawer

Most vegetables benefit from a little extra moisture - hence the sprinklers you see wetting down the produce section in the grocery store. Most refrigerators have a drawer that is labeled “high humidity,” usually right next to the low humidity drawer. Store your whole vegetables there either loose or in open plastic bags to keep them fresh.

If you’re storing salad or cut vegetables, however, they’ll go bad more quickly than vegetables that remain whole. For this reason, you should store them on the middle or top shelf and so you’ll see them and use them quickly.

To help vegetables keep longer, don’t wash them before storage.

Getting vegetables wet increases the chance that bacteria will grow and they’ll begin to rot. Humidity is good, but you don’t want the vegetables to be sitting in water.

If you do need to wash them, dry them completely before storing.

3. Store meat in the coldest part of the refrigerator

Whether you need to store chicken breasts, steak, sausage,

or turkey, it should go in the coldest part of the refrigerator. In most cases, that’s at the back of the bottom shelf, although some refrigerators have a designated meat drawer. If you store meat on the top shelf, it’s likely to go bad more quickly.

Make sure your meat is kept separate from the rest of the items in your refrigerator. It should be wrapped in plastic and stored as low as possible, so that if any juices escape other items won’t get dripped on and contaminated.

Clean the area where you store meat more often than you clean the rest of the refrigerator.

4. Keep milk and eggs on the coldest shelf, too

Many people store milk and eggs on the door of the refrigerator for easy access. The door is the warmest part of the refrigerator, however, so storing them there will cause them to lose freshness faster. Store your milk and eggs on the bottom shelf, or whichever shelf is coldest in your refrigerator.

Unless you go through eggs quite quickly, it’s better to store them in their original carton instead of transferring them to the

egg containers on the inside of the door.

Cream, buttermilk, yogurt, and similar products should also be kept on the cold shelf.

5. Store deli meats and cheeses in the shallow meat drawer

If you have cold cuts from the deli, cream cheese, and other types of cheese, put them in the shallow meat drawer, which usually slides out from the middle or top shelf. This is also a good place to store bacon, hot dogs and other preserved meats. It’s slightly cooler than the rest of the refrigerator, though not as cold as the back of the bottom shelf.

Clean this drawer as regularly as you clean your other meat storage spot.

6. Put condiments and drinks on the door

Condiments usually contain a lot of salt, vinegar and other preservatives that prevent them from going bad quickly, so it’s fine to store them in the warmest part of the refrigerator: the door. Drinks also tend to keep longer than food. Designate the bottom shelf for the larger, heavier items, like

orange juice, beer or soda. Put sweet condiments like jams, jellies and syrups on another shelf, and save the savory condiments like mustard and soy sauce for the last shelf.

Even though butter is a dairy product, it’s fine to store it in the butter compartment on the door.

Butter doesn’t need to be kept as cold as milk.

If you’re a condiment lover, it can be easy to let your condiment area get pretty messy with expired food. Go through the area regularly and toss out anything that’s expired or mostly used up.

7. Store leftovers and ready-to-eat foods on the top and middle shelf

Cooked food is fine to keep on the top or middle shelf. Use the the top and middle shelves to store any items that don’t need to be kept especially cold: cooked baby food, pizza, dips and sauces, tortillas, and so on.

The top or middle shelf might also be the right place to keep a pitcher of water, medicine you need to keep cold, and other items that need to be cool, but won’t easily spoil.

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‘Love hormone’ explains why your dog loves to see you smile

By Ana Sandoiu Fact checked by Jasmin Collier your dog will love you — and new research helps us to understand why.

Every time you gaze lovingly into your dogs’ eyes, its levels of oxytocin — the “attachment hormone” — go up. And so do yours.

Oxytocin has long been referred to as “the love hormone” and the “cuddle hor-

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ild animals have more to gain from watching out for predators than getting all warm and fuzzy when they see a smiling human.

But your dog is nothing like any other animal.

A new study has revealed that your pet can love you so much that it might even ignore danger to see your smiling face. If you’re nice to it.

Oxytocin maybe the reason why your dog will always try to make you smile.

How often do you pet your dog? Gaze into its loving eyes? Smile at it? Hopefully, very often, because the more you do it, the more

But researchers already knew this. What they didn’t know was that more oxytocin also makes dogs prefer smiling faces over threatening ones — kind of like we do.

This may not sound like much in the human kingdom, but among animals — which have a better chance of survival if they’re attuned to threatening cues — it’s kind of a big deal.

The new study was led by Prof. Outi Vainio, from the University of Helsinki in Finland, and it was published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology.

The findings seem to reinforce a virtuous circle of affection between dogs and humans: the nicer you are to your dog, the more of the love hormone they will secrete. In turn, this will make them love you even more — so much so that they might even ignore danger for your sake.

Oxytocin makes dogs love your smile In case you’re wondering how researchers could tell what a dog feels, the answer is pretty specific: by measuring the size of their pupils.

“We were among the first researchers in the world to use pupil measurements in the evaluation of dogs’ emotional states,” says Prof. Vainio. “This method had preMetro viously only been used on humans and apes.” mone,” because we (and our pets) release Larger pupils indicated higher emotionit when we hug, touch, or look lovingly into al arousal. The researchers administered someone’s eyes. This increases our attachment oxytocin nasally to the dogs, and, using an to that person (or animal.) eye-tracking device, they examined both the

size of the dogs’ pupils as well as the direction of their gaze.

They did so twice for each dog: once after they received oxytocin, and once without the hormone.

By default, dogs tend to focus more on the most salient aspects of a social situation — such as frightening cues in a dangerous situation. However, oxytocin seemed to make them override this survival instinct; dogs that received oxytocin were far more interested in smiling human faces than threatening ones.

This was backed by their emotional response, which was also altered. Without the hormone, they responded emotionally more to angry faces — their pupils dilated more — while when they were under the influence of oxytocin, they responded more to smiling faces.

As the authors explain, this probably means that oxytocin makes angry faces look less threatening and smiling faces more attractive.

Both of these signs indicate a higher pro-social behavior.

“Both effects,” says Prof. Vainio, “promote dog-human communication and the development of affectionate relations.”

“It seems that the hormone oxytocin influences what the dog sees and how it experiences the thing it sees,” adds doctoral student and first study author Sanni Somppi. And when that thing is your smiling face, your dog most probably loves it. (medicalnewstoday.com)

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Author: Lalaine Manalo

(Kawaling Pinoy)

INGREDIENTS • 1 (2 to 3 pounds) whole Lapu Lapu (grouper) • salt and pepper to taste • canola oil • 1 small onion, peeled and sliced thinly • 3 cloves garlic, peeled and minced • 1 thumb-size ginger, peeled and julienned • 1/2 small green papaya, peeled and grated • 1 small red bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips • 1 small green bell pepper, seeded and cut into strips • 1 cup vinegar • 1/4 cup sugar • 2 tablespoons ketchup • 1/4 cup water • 1 tablespoons cornstarch

INSTRUCTIONS • Clean and gut the fish. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

• In a wide pan over medium heat, heat about 2-inch deep of oil. Add fish and cook, turning once or twice, until golden, crisp, and cooked through. Remove from heat and drain on paper towels. Keep warm.

• In a pan over medium heat, heat about 1 tablespoon of oil. Add onions, garlic, and ginger and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened.

• Add grated papaya and bell peppers and cook, stirring regularly, until tender yet crisp.

Remove from pan and keep warm.

• In a saucepan over medium heat, combine vinegar, sugar, and ketchup. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a boil.

• In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water. Stir until smooth. Add to the pan and continue to cook, whisking continuously, for about 1 to 2 minutes or until sauce thickens.

• Place fried fish on a serving platter and garnish with the vegetable mixture. When ready to serve, pour sweet and sour sauce on top.

Ginisang Ampalaya at Hipon

By Lalaine Manalo /(Kawaling Pinoy)

Ginisang Ampalaya at Hipon is a delicious vegetable stir-fry made of bittermelon, shrimp, tomatoes, and eggs. It’s delicious and nutritious as well as budget-friendly.

One traditional method of preparing ampalaya is to let the slices sit in salt until they begin to weep and then squeeze to rid of the bitterness. I am not a big proponent of this technique because bitter gourd is a powerhouse of nutrients. Why deplete the vegetable of its beneficial juices?

INGREDIENTS • 4 medium ampalaya • 1 tablespoon canola oil • 1 onion, peeled and thinly sliced • 2 cloves garlic, peeled and minced • 2 large Roma tomatoes, chopped • 1 tablespoon fish sauce • 1/2 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined • 1 cup water • 2 eggs, beaten • 1/2 teaspoon sugar • salt and pepper to taste INSTRUCTIONS • Cut ampalaya lengthwise and with a spoon, remove seeds and scrape off white pith. Sliced thinly and place in a bowl of cold water until needed. Drain well when ready to use.

• In a wide skillet over medium heat, heat oil. Add onions, garlic, and tomatoes.

Cook, stirring regularly, until softened.

• Add fish sauce and cook for about 1 minute.

• Add shrimp and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp starts to change color.

• Add water and bring to a boil.

• Add ampalaya and gently toss to combine. Cook for about 2 to 3 minutes or until tender yet crisp.

• In a thin stream, add eggs and gently stir to distribute. Continue to cook for about 1 minute or until eggs have set.

• Season with sugar, salt, and pepper to taste. Serve hot.

How to Decrease the Bitterness in Ginisang Ampalaya • Use the youngest and greenest gourds you can find because as the vegetable matures and yellows, the bitter taste intensifies.

• Make sure to scrape off all the white pith inside and slice the green flesh as thinly as possible.

• Keep stirring to a minimum and do not overcook.

• Sugar, used in the right propor t ion, ca n help neutralize bitter flavors.

Sprinkle the dish with about 1/2 teaspoon along with the salt and pepper.

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Bulacan intensifies drive against HIV

By Manny Balbin

Office on Woman’s Health

CitY OF MALOLOs, Bulacan -- With the rising cases of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) in this province, the provincial government of Bulacan is beefing up anew its advocacy and awareness campaign.

Dr. Jocelyn Gomez, Provincial

Health Officer, recently cited the need to equip residents with the right knowledge about HIV and AIDS to effectively combat the disease.

Data from the Provincial Health Office showed Bulacan has the highest number of HIV cases recorded in Central Luzon with 136

mEDICARE …….THROuGH THE YEARS

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hen Medicare started in 1966, there were close to 19 million enrollees.

President Harry Truman holds the distinction as the first U.S. president to propose a national health program for U.S citizens.

In his honor, President Lyndon Johnson presented him (Truman) the first ever Medicare card at a signing ceremony in Independence, Missouri in 1965. Truman has been recognized since as the “father of national health insurance” (Medicare’s daddy).

The Civil Rights Act, enacted 1 year before Medicare, prohibited discrimination based on race, color or national origin. As such, hospitals and nursing homes were ensured to be fully integrated prior to Medicare’s launching in July, 1966.

It was Congressman Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means, who brilliantly lumped together hospital and institutional services for the elderly and called such Part A to distinguish the benefit from a voluntary program to pay for physician and other out-patient services and called such Part B. At first, only those 65 and older were allowed to join Medicare. Eligibility was expanded in 1972 by President Nixon to include those under 65 but have been suffering from long term disability. Also included were those with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). As a result, an estimated 2 million Americans were added to Medicare’s roster.

From 1965 to 1977, the Social Security Administration was responsible in administering Medicare. In 1972, the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) was established to take over the function. In 2001, the HCFA was renamed the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Concern over the cost of health care led President Nixon to sign into law what is now known as the HMO Act of 1972. The Federal government provided start-up grants and loans for the development of HMO’s.

In 1980, Medicare Supplement Plans, or MediGap, were brought under federal oversight.

A financing crisis in Medicare precipi-

tated the passage of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (signed by President Bill Clinton) resulting to, among others, the establishment of more private insurance participation in providing health care thru plans

called Medicare + choice. In 2003, this became known as the Medicare Advantage Plan or Medicare Part C. In 1998, the Internet presence of Medicare was launched thru Medicare.gov. In 1999, the first Medicare & You publication was mailed to Medicare beneficiaries. On the same year, the Toll free 1-800-MEDICARE (633-4227) was started.

In 2003, President George W. Bush signed into law a landmark legislation that created what is now known as Medicare Part D. This law provided out-patient prescription benefit to Medicare beneficiaries, a prescription drug discount card available in the interim, new preventive benefits, etc. Please note that before this, Medicare allows reimbursement and payment only for “illness or injury”. Around 39 million beneficiaries enrolled on Medicare Part D. In 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act. This law provided Medicare beneficiaries with more drug benefits (reducing the doughnut hole in Part D) and mandating free preventive services. This law also put a cap on Medicare beneficiaries’ out of pocket expenses.

Today, more than 60 million Americans are Medicare beneficiaries. Apparently, many are happy with their benefits as even then candidate Donald Trump promised not to touch Medicare. And, some Democrat presidential wannabees like Senator Bernie Sanders are running on a campaign platform with a “Medicare For All”.

Joleo “Leo” Monsalud holds CA life and health license # 0G55218. He helps Medicare members choose the right Medicare health plan for them. He may be reached at 323 535 7373 or e-mail at: leo.balita@ gmail.com.

newly-diagnosed cases from January to March 2019.

According to statistics, from 1984 up to the present, Bulacan has 2,188 recorded cases, with the youngest patient being 15 years old. The most affected have ages between 15 and 34 years old.

Gomez said they make sure that anyone who is HIV positive will be made to undergo treatment in the province’s facilities for free.

“If the treatment is continuous, it has a possibility that the virus will be undetectable in their bodies and eventually they will not be able to transmit HIV to others,” she said.

Patricia Ann Alvaro, health education promotion officer of the Provincial Health Office, said that currently there are seven active treatment facilities in Bulacan.

These are the Luntiang Silong, located at the 3rd Floor, Pay 3-Room 301 of the Bulacan Med-

ical Center in Barangay Mojon, Malolos City; EmbrACE Unit at ACE Medical Center in Baliwag; Gintong Kanlungan at Guiguinto Rural Health Unit II in Barangay Tiaong, Guiguinto; Kanaryong Silungan at Marilao Rural Health Unit I; Home of Bamboo at Meycauayan Rural Health Unit I; Villa Ezperanza at Ospital ng Lungsod ng San Jose Del Monte and; Green Clinic at Santa Maria Rural Health Unit in Barangay Caypombo, Santa Maria, Bulacan.

Gomez also said that all towns and cities in Bulacan have testing facilities and are now equipped with trained HIV peer counselor, HIV peer educator and HIV proficient medical technologists and all of them can test HIV. According to the World Health Organization, HIV can be transmitted via the exchange of a variety of body fluids from infected individuals, such as blood, breast milk, semen, and vaginal secretions.

The risk of HIV infection, however, can be reduced by limiting exposure to risk factors, including correct and consistent use of condoms, and testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections for all people exposed to any of the risk factors, among others.

(PNA)

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2. The Impressive Mt. Guiting Guiting

Situated in the heart of Sibuyan Island, Mt. Guiting-Guiting is the most recognizable and the most bio-diverse mountain in Romblon. A wide variety of flora and fauna are endemic to this mountain. The ragged peaks are challenging but beautiful. This is one of the most difficult mountains to climb in the Philippines.

You must be a technical and well experienced climber in order to reach its summit.

The panoramic view above is just splendid and marvelous.

Aside from the difficulties of climbing, there are numerous stories of ghost and enchanted tales about fairies and other worldly creatures that roam the mountain. Don’t let that The sand bar that connects to another stop you, these enthralled stoislet in Bon- Bon Beach. ries add lure and wonder to this majestic mountain.

3. Chasing Waterfalls

Cresta de Gallo island

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he Philippines is a tropical archipelago blessed with endless coastline, majestic landscape and pristine islands scattered like an emerald in warm bountiful waters.

The richness of natural beauty and tropical charm is immeasurable. Our country is one of the most visited spot in whole Asia. Aside from Boracay, Cebu and Palawan, we still have undiscovered islands, hidden waterfalls and unconquered summit. There is always something wonderful to discover in every provinces and corners of our country. It’s a non-stop discovery.

WHY ROMBLON?

Rombon is another underrated province that can capture the soul of every adventurer. It comprises of three major islands namely Tablas, Sibuyan and the province capital of Romblon,Romblon. Each island offers unique but diverse destinations. The province stay relatively isolated due the fact that it can be really challenging to go from one island to another. If you are Tiamban Beach in Romblon,Romblon brave enough to face rough waves, if you are willing to travel for 2 hours on top of a jeepney and you are willing to chase every sunsets then you must pack your bags ,buy a ticket a get ready to be Roblowwn away.

Here are the 5 major reasons why you should visit Romblon NOW! 1. Endless Tropical Vibe

As expected, Romblon is a beach paradise. It is surrounded with topical blue waters matched with sugary white sand. Every shore is a perfect summer atmosphere dotted with palm trees, laid back vibe and a relaxing breeze. Aside from the 3 major islands, the province is composed with 17 small islands that are surely mesmerizing. Since going there can be really challenging and tiring you can rest assured that you will truly enjoy the beach. In Tablas Island, there are approximately 25 beaches to get tanned to name a few: Binucot beach, Agmanic Beach, Tugdan beach, Calagonsao beach, Carabao Island, Aglicay beach, Paksi Cove, Lapus-lapus, Tinagong Dagat and there’s plenty more. Also, you can visit Bon Bon beach and Tiamban beach in Romblon, Romblon and the astonishingly beautiful island of Cresta de Gallo in Sibuyan Island.

Romblon is not only a salt water paradise but it is also a fresh water haven.

In Sibuyan island alone there are 9 waterfalls such as Kweba falls, Cawa –Cawa falls, Dagubdub falls, Cataja falls, Lambingan falls, Busay falls, Bila-bila falls, Lagting falls and Pinamitinan waterfalls. Take note, these waterfalls are still in their natural state. The Fresh water came all the way up from the peaks of Mt. Guiting-Guiting. The water is refreshingly cold, clean and crystal clear. Another iconic attraction in Sibuyan is the cleanest inland body of water in the country; The Cantingas River. The river resort has a 30ft high diving platform. On the other side of the province, the island of Tablas is gifted with picturesque waterfalls such as Trangkalan falls, Tuburan falls, Garing falls, Busay falls, Bal-ong falls and Mablaran falls. TuThe pristine shore of Carabao Island. matabo River and Mainit Hot Spring is another must visit place in the Island.

4. Adrenaline Rush

Cliff jumping is one of the must try water related activity in the province. From 5ft to 30ft diving platform, from oceans to waterfalls, you name it, they have it. There are 2 cliff diving sites in Carabao Island, the Cathedral Cave Cliff Diving site and the Kuding-kuding cliff diving site. Cathedral cave is the highest cliff diving site in the island; it measures at about 15ft above the surface of the ocean while Kuding-kuding is perfect for beginners. In Sibuyan island cliff diving in its cascading waterfalls is a must. A 30ft cliff diving platform situated in Cantingas River is definitely an exciting go.

5. Jeepney Joy Ride

My topload experience is one of the most memorable in my Romblon adventure. Sitting on top of the roof of a passenger jeepney, while gazing on the most scenic view of the province is just remarkable. Wide rice fields, verdant surroundings, zig zag roads, calm coastline and the simple and quaint lifestyle are just superb.

The locals waving their hands and offering their biggest and warmest smile is just magical. Romblon is not just blessed with natural attractiveness, it is also blessed with beautiful locals that are more than willing to offer help in every way they can. I guess, this the ultimate reason why most travelers quickly fell in love in this humble province.

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Isko Moreno wants to develop ‘tourism circuit’ in Manila The ‘tourism circuit’ would connect Intramuros to the National Museum, Rizal Park, Binondo, and other heritage districts in Manila

MANILA, Philippines – In a bid to revive tourism and promote cultural heritage in the capital city of Manila, Mayor Isko Moreno is eyeing the development of a “tourism circuit” that would link heritage sites across the city.

In a statement on Sunday, July 7, the Manila city government announced that officials from the Intramuros Administration (IA) back Moreno’s plans to develop a “tourism circuit” that would link Intramuros to the National Museum, Rizal Park, Binondo, and other heritage districts in the city.

Moreno said he also planned to work with the IA to support its “urban regeneration” initiative in Intramuros.

Moreno had met with officials from the IA and the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) last Friday, July 5, to discuss how to revive Manila’s cultural heritage sites and boost the tourism sector.

On the part of TIEZA, Chief Oper-

ating Officer Pocholo Paragas said the agency vowed to do the following: • Put new tourist signages in all tourist destinations, including the 47 parks located in Manila • Study possible rehabilitation of the Philippine relief map located at Rizal Park • Possible rebuilding of the Children’s Park at Rizal Park, with the Manila city government helping to clear the property • Install new lights and place pedestrian lanes inside the walled area of Intramuros • Rehabilitate the lighting at the Club Intramuros Golf Course Paragas likewise asked Moreno to relocate illegal settlers living along the fence of the Club Intramuros Golf Course.

As for the IA, Administrator Guiller Asido said the agency committed to fix the Lawton-Intramuros underpass

by September 2019. Asido also asked

Moreno to have businesses operating in the walled city obtain a permit from the IA before the Manila City Hall.

Moreno agreed.

The meeting capped off a packed first week for the new mayor of Manila

who was seen in public, on TV, and on social media giving a preview of the “Bagong Maynila” (New Manila) that he promised during the election campaign.

(Rappler.com)

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No more ‘ng’ in Mutya Pilipinas

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And other new development in the 50-year-old beauty pageant

ver since Cory Quirino took over as head of erstwhile Mutya ng Pilipinas beauty pageant, she’s been shaking up its image and raison d’être to make the franchise more attractive and relevant in its comeback.

First, she officially omitted “ng” from the name to signify a more modern and confident era in the pageant, and now, she is out to transform the half-century-old franchise to go beyond the usual reach of beauty pageants.

Quirino made next big announcement at her pre-birthday celebration last week, fittingly surrounded by members of the Professional Models Association of the Philippines (PMAP).

“Aangkinin na rin namin ang fashion and top model world, dahil kung tutuusin natin there is a very thin line between a beauty queen and a model,” she declared.

Officially partners with PMAP, Quirino said the move was crucial for the pageant because the prime modeling group will now be involved with the training and preparation of the very first winner of the world’s newest beauty title, Mutya Pilipinas-World Top Model Philippines. This means that next Philippine representative to The World Top Model will already be the winning candidate of Mutya.

‘The pageant is now called Mutya

Pilipinas-World Top Model Philippines,’ says franchise president Cory Quirino.

The international pageant will take place in Monaco’s quartier of Monte Carlo on December 14, 2019. The winner will receive 200,000 Euro and a modeling contract with Major Models Management, and will be trained exclusively in Milan as an entry point to the world fashion scene.

In effect, Quirino said only one thing will differ in what the pageant is looking for in a winner.

“Because the requirements are quite the same as beauty pageants — a beautiful face and a body that is svelte and slim — the only difference is that we have to abide by the requirement of Top Model of The World, which is for candidates to have a minimum height, 5”9’.”

To formalize Mutya Pilipinas’s partnership with the PMAP, a contract signing was held at Ascott Makati with Quirino, the pageant’s chairman Fred Yuson and PMAP Presi¬dent Ana Sideco as signatories.

Now, Mutya will see its 40 candidates vying for a chance to represent the Philippines in Miss Asia-Pacific International, Miss Tourism International, Miss Tourism Queen of the Year International and World Top Model.

They are the last batch of Mutya ng Pilipinas winners, 2018’s titlists Shar-

Cory Quirino, president of Mutya Pilipinas (second to the left) and Lemuel Rosos, provincial director of Mutya Pilipinas – Cebu 2019 (right), join Cebu bets (from left) Karla Claudine Salvador Lasquite, Mariah Gelina Laxa Lequin, and Maria Angelica Pantaliano. | Photo by Raul Constantine Tabanao

ifa Akeel, Julieane Fernandez, Kesha Ramachandran, Jade Roberts Pauline Amelinckx, Mary Justine Teng and Kristine Malicsi.

Quirino guarantees pageant fans there will be no clashes between the beauty queen and top model hopefuls within the pageant.

“There will still be a Q and A and our

candidate for World Top Model will still have to go through the entire process of a beauty queen. So there’s no difference except another opportunity and another window for growth for our winner.”

The amped up Mutya Pilipinas coronation night is happening on August 18 at the Mall of Asia Arena.

(The Manila Times)

This pageant wants beauty queens to see the world from under the sea MANILA -- Most pageants are defined by their advocacies: Miss Earth is famed for its environmental efforts, Miss Universe for its HIVAIDS campaign and the others are usually all about tourism and world peace.

But for Miss Scuba International (MSI), the under-the-radar pageant wants its contestants and fans to see the world from underwater. Its battlecry: save oceans through beauty.

Admittedly, when I first heard about Miss Scuba, I thought it sported a tacky name. But when I got to know more about it, I honestly think it’s one of the coolest beauty competitions out there.

I assume anyone who has gone scuba diving or even snorkeling would agree. The world is at least 70% water which means much of our planet’s beauty is hidden within its oceans and seas. The sad thing is that not everyone has a deep appreciation for our bodies of water. And part of that may be because they haven’t seen underwater nature up close.

And that’s exactly the gap which Miss Scuba is trying to bridge. By bringing the attention to the underwater world, the pageant hopes to protect it.

Besides, it’s also a welcome excuse for adventure-seeking beauties to participate in one of the most pleasurable water sports.

To know more about Miss Scuba, I sent some interview questions to the pageant’s first Filipina winner turned national director for the Philippine franchise Cindy Madduma.

Q: What is Miss Scuba International and what makes it a different pageant?

A: Miss Scuba International is a pageant that celebrates the inner beauty and courage of today’s modern woman and simultaneously advocates worldwide marine conservation and safe diving practices to elevate international

ate and empowered women. We want to be an agent of change and the voice of our oceans.

tourism and cultural appreciation. There are a lot of pageants nowadays but none of them focused on our oceans.

Another thing is that all international candidates are certified scuba divers.

Q: Tell us about your journey in the pageant.

A: I’ve heard about this pageant in 2011 when my kababayan from Palawan, Janicel Lubina, won the first national title. Then in 2013, my pageant contemporary Christine Paula Bernasor won first runner-up in MSI. After a year, she became the national director and handpicked me Handout as the country’s representative. My 27-year-old aspiring beauty queen self couldn’t say no to a great opportunity and gave it a try.

Luckily, I came out to be the first Filipina Miss Scuba International in 2015.

Two years after my reign, the international organization awarded me as national director for Miss Scuba Philippines. It was another leap of faith for me but I took the challenge and responsibility. I know, this is something I’m passionate about. It is all by faith and by fate.

Q: What are you doing outside of Miss Scuba International?

A: I am practicing my profession as a nurse but on an on-call private duty capacity. I am also still doing modeling jobs. I also host a TV show dedicated to diving.

Q: What was it like getting your professional divers’ license?

A: Getting a scuba diving certification is like getting a drivers’ license. It has many levels from beginner to professional or recreational to technical. Your certification allows you to dive independently (with a certified buddy). Diving is not new to me though.

I had my first discovery diving experience in 2008 and then in 2013. But those were nothing compared to the proper dive trainings Cindy Madduma. Handout and experiences I’ve had with and after MSI.

Q: You’ve also designed the crown Miss Scuba. Please tell us about that.

A: I am an artist by heart and I got to design and conceptualize the crown of Miss Scuba Philippines. I designed it as a representation of the beauty and wonders of the Philippine oceans. But the actual crown was executed by my crown designer Manny Halasan.

It is made up of rhinestones, accentuated with genuine fresh water pearls.

My first underwater entry was amazing. It’s calm and so peaceful down there. It’s like going to a whole new dimension far beyond your wildest imagination and perceived expectation. But to avoid any accidents one must have proper dive training. I was certified open water diver in Bohol, advance open water in Batangas, rescue diver and dive master in Malaysia.

The most challenging was the dive master training course because it’s the first stage at the professional level. You are not just responsible for yourself but with the divers you guide and assist. I am planning to take my Instructor Development Course next year so I could teach and certify divers.

Q: Where were the best scuba sites you’ve explored?

A: I had the privilege of exploring some of the best dive sites in the world. Sipadan island and Mabul island in Sabbah, Malaysia; Lembeh in Indonesia; Batangas, Bohol, Apo Reef, Puerto Galera and Puerto Princesa, Palawan.

Q: What are your dream dive sites?

A: Our very own Tubbataha reef in Cagayancillo, Palawan is No. 1 on my list. And then, of course, Malapascua, Rajah Ampat in Indonesia, Palau, Galapagos, Great Barrier Reef and Maldives.

Q: How important is Miss Scuba as a pageant in the Philippines?

A: We believe that it is the perfect time to introduce a pageant in the Philippines that has a genuine advocacy and is devoted to help safe our oceans through the beauty of this passion-

Q: What is the state of Philippine oceans? How does it compare to others?

A: Philippines as an archipelago is blessed with many breathtaking sights and premier dive sites. We are situated at the epicenter of the coral triangle, i.e. the center of the center of the world’s richest biodiversity.

However, ocean conservation remains to be a challenge up to this day. In every dive I’ve done, I have seen and collected plastic trash, evident coral bleaching, damaged reefs, runoffs and unregulated tourism. We are among the world’s biggest ocean plastic dumper. This is not just an economic problem but a global problem that calls for a direct action/solution.

But there is still time to reverse this destruction through our collaborative efforts.

Q: What do you want to tell ocean travelers and tourists?

A: I have a lot to say. First of all, if we love the ocean, we should protect it from anything that may harm it. Let us enjoy the beach with love and respect.

1. Be a responsible traveler. Switch to eco-friendly alternatives to lessen your carbon footprint.

2. Please, please, please mind your trash.

Carry it as you leave and pick up any trash that you see.

3. Do not harm any marine creatures and do not step on the corals.

4. Use a coral-friendly/reef-safe sunscreen.

Check if the ingredients list does not contain oxybenzone which is potent chemical that can harm or kill corals.

5. Follow the rules and regulations of a place and be culturally sensitive with the people.

(ABS-CBN News)

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Kristen Lim looks to make Pinoy community proud in CrossFit Games

MANILA, Philippines – Kristen Lim is excited to compete against some of the finest athletes in the world when she represents the Philippines in the 2019 CrossFit Games, which will be held from July 29 to August 4 in Madison, Wisconsin.

The 26-year-old got started in CrossFit in 2014, in an effort to find a fitness regimen to maintain her weight.

“A local affiliate opened in my neighborhood and so I decided to sign up even without knowing anything about what CrossFit is. All I know was that it has gymnastics and I enjoy doing gymnastics,” she explained to ABS-CBN News via e-mail.

“After a few months of attending classes, I was invited to join a local competition.

We won and that’s when I got hooked into CrossFit as a sport rather than just a fitness regime,” she added.

Half a decade later, Lim has established herself as the top female CrossFit athlete in the Philippines. She qualified to the CrossFit Games through an online competition called “The Open,” where athletes posted workout videos over the course of five weeks that is then verified by CrossFit. “I’ve been doing the Open since 2015 but it was only this year wherein they announce that the fittest per country Imjusten / Instagram will be invited to the CrossFit Games,” said Lim, who trains out of Avant Garde CrossFit. Lim is one of 134 women who qualified to the Games. It is a massive challenge for the Filipina, who has ramped up her training regimen ahead of the event.

“To prepare for the Games, I’ve been incorporating running, swimming and odd object training into my daily regimen,” she said.

“Based on previous Games, the first few events are usually outdoor running and swimming and odd object movements so that’s what I need to prep for if I want to increase my chance of lasting,” she added.

Because of the great number of participants in this year’s edition of the Games, they have implemented

cuts after every day of competition. From 134 women, the field will be cut down to 75 after the first event, and further reduced in every round until only 10 competitors remain.

“To be able to last more than one day will already be a win for me,” said Lim, who is looking forward to competing against elite athletes such as Tia Claire

Hall-of-fame referee of key Pacquiao fights picks ‘Pacman’ to KO Thurman

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all-of-fame referee Joe Cortez is going all in with his forecast, favoring Manny Pacquiao to win by knockout when Pacquiao takes on Keith Thurman for the world welterweight championship in Las Vegas on Sunday morning (Manila time).

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“Pacquiao is up in age, but he looked outstanding defeating Adrien Broner in January,” Cortez said.

“If he fights the same way against Thurman, I have to go with Manny by a TKO win.”

His comments were part of a panel of experts offering their fight prediction on ESPN.com’sAmerican website.

Cortez was the referee when Pacquiao bludgeoned South African world champion Lehlo Ledwaba to win the world super-bantamweight title in June 2001.

That was Pacquiao’s first fight in the United States.

Cortez also officiated the first Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez clash, and the initial Pacquiao-Erik Morales tussle.

That Pacquiao-Marquez fight in 2004 ended in a split draw, while Morales beat Pacquiao the first time they fought in 2005.

(ABS-CBN News)

July 23-27.

The Philippine squad will be participating in all three divisions of the tournament — men’s, women’s and mixed.

The Filipinos are looking to use the momentum from their successful stint in the Asia Oceanic Beach Ultimate Championships in Japan last month where they took home

Toomey and Annie Thorisdottir.

“It is in this competition that I will get this once in a lifetime opportunity to compete and do the same competition events with them,” she said.

Aside from this, Lim also hopes to “push my limits and see what my mind and body can achieve” in the Games, especially as they are not expected to know what kind of workouts they are supposed to do until shortly before the event itself. “(I want to) gain as much experience as I can and see what I can bring back to the country,” she also said. “My goal for this CrossFit Games is to be able to make the Pinoy CrossFit community proud.”

Lim is not the only Filipino to compete in the CrossFit Games.

Justin Hernandez, who also trains out of Avant Garde CrossFit, will represent the country in the men’s side.

Their participation in the Games should bring a greater spotlight to CrossFit, which Lim said is “a good workout option for Filipinos,” regardless of gender.

“It helps promote long-term fitness and health, with the goal of living our silver years independently and without any physical support or assistance whatsoever,” she said.

“For Pinays, it is a great workout option because it allows us to become strong and independent,” Lim added. “It makes us feel like Captain Marvel or Wonder Woman in our own right.”

“It also provides a boost of confidence whenever we are able to achieve and unlock skills that we are unable to do before. It can also be a stress reliever that allows working people to forget their stress even if it’s just for an hour.” (ABS-CBN News)

PH bows to Thailand in AOFC Cup semis

BINAN -- The Philippines put up a great fight but came up short against Thailand, 7-13, in the semifinals of the Asia Oceania Confederation Cup at the Alonte Sports Arena here on Thursday night.

A four-goal barrage late in the first period set the tone for Thailand’s breakaway from the Philippines, which brought the fight to the visitors in the next two periods, forcing a shootout the rest of the way.

Watcharapon Onsuk finished with a hat trick, scoring three goals in succession to lead Thailand.

Chusak Narkprasert, who

two golds and one bronze.

The Women’s squad clinched a bronze medal in the tournament’s 2015 edition and will once again look to finish in the top three.

Rosters for both the men’s and women’s squad have been released on the Pilipinas Ultimate Facebook page.

(Philstar.com)

completed a brace of his own plus two assists, the last of which led to Pitsanu Kannala completing his own brace, was named the best player for the team.

Jan Vitaliano and Ryan Hallden each netted a brace for the Philippines, while Lucas Oijvall was named the team’s best player for his lone goal and one assist.

Thailand will face Singapore, 13-1 winner over South Korea in the other semifinal, for the gold on Friday night at the same venue, while the Philippines will dispute for the bronze against South Korea.

(PNA)

The Philippine Ultimate team during the 2019 Asia Oceanic Beach Ultimate Championships in Japan. Don Laczi/Philstar.com

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